[mythtv-users] Cheap GeForce4 MX 440

[Big Wave Dave]

Probably a silly question... How can you find out if you have NV17 or
NV18... etc.

Dave


On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 17:06:36 -0500, Joseph A. Caputo
<jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 March 2005 16:56, Will Dormann wrote:
> > Shawn Asmussen wrote:
> > >
> > > Anybody thinking about getting one of these should keep in mind that
> a
> > > significant number of people (including myself) have had problems
> with
> > > the MX 440 and Nvidia's more recent driver versions. Unless you're
> > > really trying hard to save the money, my recommendation would be to
> > > shell out the extra $30 or so and get at least a 5200.
> >
> > What sort of problems?
> >
> > I'm running an MX4000 (Die-shrunk MX 440) with no real problems.
> 
> Different revision of the GF4 MX 440 use(d) different TV encoder chips
> for their TV-out.  Depending on who you ask, some are great and some
> suck.
> 
> My original LeadTek GF4 MX 420 used an NV17 encoder chip, which was
> probably about as good as I could have wanted without going to a
> PVR-350 or DVI/component.
> 
> My new(er) on-board (Chaintech 7NIF2) GF4 MX 440 uses an NV18 encoder,
> which IMHO really sucks.
> 
> Just my $.02.
> 
> -JAC
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