[mythtv-users] Nvidia vs. ATI video cards

Clyde Stubbs clyde at htsoft.com
Fri Jun 25 19:54:18 EDT 2004


On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 12:49:58PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
> 'I like that'. However, I do want to point out the factual
> differences between using an nVidia card with the 4363 driver
> and ATI with the GATOS "devel" branch for tvout.

Hmm, most of your comments are accurate, but there are a few
subjective comments, and some incorrect or maybe just out
of date info. Indulge me...

> First, GATOS doesn't do tvout at all unless the "devel" branch
> of the CVS source is used. To compile, you also need to download

Quite true.

> and compile xfree86 source. nVidia has tvout support by just
> running the install script. Note that this is just an annoyance

Didn't work for me, for reasons discussed elswhere.

> GATOS supports 800x600 and 640x480 only. The nVidia driver also
> supports 1024x768 if the card model is capable (and most are).

True, but somewhat irrelevant since you can't get 1024x768 with
anything close to standard PAL or NTSC timings.

> may come just before or just after the vsync causing a twitch in
> motion (watch the crawler on CNN). nVidia has vsync information

I get perfectly smooth video on the Radeon, and yes, I use
the ticker as a measure of that.

> GATOS doesn't support all if the Xv picture settings controls most
> notably, many cards don't support Hue adjustments.

Mine certainly does.

> rank them for color reproduction, my nVidia cards would be 1-4 and
> the ATI card 5-8.

My experience is the opposite. The Radeon produces more natural colour
and better sharpness than the two nVidias I tried
(one nForce2 embedded, one MX440 AGP card). This was a bonus - I switched
primarily because of driver issues.

Cheers, Clyde



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