[mythtv-users] Getting VIA graphics to work, or buy a PVR-350?

[Tom E. Craddock, Jr.]

Maarten wrote:

>On Wednesday 20 October 2004 20:42, Jarod Wilson wrote:
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>>On Wednesday 20 October 2004 10:52, Maarten wrote:
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>>>On Wednesday 20 October 2004 11:43, William wrote:
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>>>Fine except for that the OP specifically said he uses a VIA Epia M10000.
>>>Good luck inserting ANY vga card in that board as it has only one slot,
>>>which is PCI and obviously in use by the capturecard.  So your advice is
>>>worthless.
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>>While I agree it isn't quite the best advice for an EPIA, you *can* have
>>multiple PCI cards on these boards with a riser, so it isn't completely
>>worthless, just mostly. A better suggestion would be to use the latest
>>unichrome stuff, since its getting pretty good. I plan to go down that road
>>myself in the near future...
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>>>(when will people start reading... sigh)
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>>And when will people stop giving exasperated replies that aren't entirely
>>accurate... :-)
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>Fair enough. :-)  But let's not forget that your whole rebuttal depends on 
>A) whether said FX5200 card is even available in a PCI form
>B) whether the OP has a casing that can/will accomodate a risercard
>C) whether the OP wanted that answer instead of help with his setup.
>D) whether the OP wants to spend the extra money on the card+riser
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>Maarten
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The MythTV Users Mailing..where even your rebuttals have 
dependencies.....sheesh.


Tom