[mythtv-users] Which nVidia cards can be used - so many to choose from

David Fishburn fishburn at ianywhere.com
Tue Jan 4 16:54:02 EST 2005


I have read through the mailling list, but those quickly get out of date
with the cards that are currently available.
I will be running this on Fedora3, so I want to make sure I choose one that
will work.

These were some of the options available for nVidia cards:

nVidia AGP 8X ABIT Siluro GeForce4 TI4200 128M DDR with TV & DVI
Output (Retail Box) 109
nVidia AGP 8X ABIT GeForce4 TI4200 128M DDR with TV & DVI Output
OTES (Retail Box) 109
nVidia AGP 8X MSI FX5200 128meg DDR with TV & DVI Output 89
nVidia AGP 8X MSI FX5700LE 256M DDR 8X with TV Input & Output &
DVI Output (Box) 199
nVidia AGP 8X MSI FX5700LE 128M DDR 8X with TV & DVI Output (Box)
149
nVidia AGP 8X MSI FX5900XT 128M DDR 8X with TV Output & DVI Output
(Box) 299
nVidia AGP 8X XFX X6800 128M DDR with Dual DVI & TV Output 459
nVidia AGP 8X BFG X6800 GT O/C 256M DDR with TV & DVI Output (OEM)
579
nVidia AGP 8X XFX X6800 ULTRA 256M DDR3 with Dual DVI & TV Output
799

They all seem to have TV Out, so I am not sure which ones are adequate for
MythTV. 
Can I go with the cheapest $89 one (MSI FX5200 128meg DDR with TV & DVI
Output)?
Or are other ones recommended?

I would also like to play some games on the machine, so I would like an
adequate graphics card, just doesn't have to be the best and most expensive.

The nVidia website has catagorized the cards into:
ForceWare
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6200
GeForce Go 6800
GeForce FX
GeForce FX Go
GeForce MX
GeForce PCX
GeForce4
GoForce 3D 4500
GoForce 4000
GoForce 3000
GoForce 2150
nForce4
nForce3
nForce3 Go
nForce3 Professional
nForce2
Personal Cinema
Quadro FX
Quadro FX Go
Quadro NVS
Quadro4
Quadro2 Go
Legacy Products

With so many cards, I never really know which ones I need.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dave



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