<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Brendan Fosberry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brendan.fosberry@gmail.com">brendan.fosberry@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello all<div><br></div><div>Just trying to get some advice on my mythbuntu box specs. I jsut upgraded to a HD-PVR and the only resolutions I can grab well (watching live tv, haven't tried recording yet) are 480i and 480p. At 720p is stutters every second about 8 times and then is fine for about 2 mins before doing it again. At 1080i it distorts the picture every 2 seconds. I figure my box is under spec for handling this data but I wanted advice on WHAT to upgrade to meet spec for this type of processing. Here are my current specs:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Asus M2N68-VM with onboard graphics <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131355" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131355</a></div>
<div>4GB DDR2 800</div>
<div>AMd Athlon 64x2 2.6Ghz. </div><div>1GB sata2 HD.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm considering either upgrading the CPU to maybe a Phenom II 940 and/or getting a basic nvidia graphics card with hdmi output and hardware encoding handle the load but I'm not sure what would have the most effect.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any advice would be appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>thanks</div><div>Brendan</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm running Mythbuntu and couldn't be happier with my Gigabyte GT220 video card. I think newegg has them for around 60 US$. It does have a fan, but I've never heard it.</div>
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