[mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? (Yes, I did search)
Bryan Halter
bhalter at armyofpenguins.com
Fri Apr 22 03:58:10 UTC 2005
I have an Nvidia 5200FX, comes in both PCI and AGP has DVI VGA and
S-Video, supports XvMC and if no monitor is detected on DVI or VGA dumps
all output to S-Video so there are no extra drivers needed. Only down
side is there's a fan on it so its a bit noisier than the GF4***, though
I'm not sure if those support DVI.
--Bryan
Galen wrote:
> I'm looking for some suggestions for an inexpensive AGP video card
> here. I'm building a stand-alone HDTV system, there are no other
> planned uses (no games, etc), with an Athlon 64 3200, possibly an A64
> 3500 depending on cost when I purchase. Motherboard supports AGP 8x.
> In theory, the graphics card doesn't need to be something too massive,
> just a solid conduit to the screen, perhaps with XvMC to boost
> performance a little. In particular, I would like to be able to run
> full 1920 x 1080 via DVI, be able to use a DVI to VGA adapter if
> desired (pretty standard), and boot directly to S-Video (for when I am
> hooked to an analog TV). Is such a thing possible? Can you offer any
> suggestions?
>
> Yes, I did search, but I'm having a little difficulty putting
> everything together; 1920x1080 DVI issues, S-Video booting, etc. Your
> help would be appreciated.
>
> As for my background, I'm a spoiled Mac user working on plans for an
> HDTV MythTV box. :P I'm really comfortable with the unix-stuff on the
> software-only side, but the hardware and driver stuff, especially
> under Linux requires some adjustment on my part! I'm used to hardware
> working or not with pretty straightforward drivers (and in most cases,
> none at all - it just works), and the thought of recompiling my kernel
> for hardware support is still slightly amusing to me. I'm sure it will
> become serious enough soon enough, however! I have done some work on
> my darwin kernel under OS X, manually patching it to change the power
> management for my laptop, but that was super non-standard stuff. I've
> also made some custom builds of VLC for OpenGL accelerated YUV
> conversion, custom builds of DVD rippers for enhanced quality
> encoding, etc. So I'm not a dummy, but I'm just not an x86/Linux
> hardware expert, if that makes any sense to you people out there.
>
> -Galen
>
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