[mythtv-users] nVidia card

Garry Cook garrycook at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 21:34:40 UTC 2005


On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:37:55 -0500, Aaron Aguilar
<aaronaguilar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say more people use that video card for MythTV then any other
> card.  If you want it to be quiet make sure and get one that doesn't
> have a fan, just a heatsink.
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:21:09 -0600, Michael J. Lynch <mlynch at gcom.com> wrote:
> > Morten Rønseth wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm cosidering bying an nVidia FX 5200 card for my mythbox since it
> > > does hardware mpeg2 decoding and has a video scaler.
> > > Any comment on using this card? Any experiences, good or bad?
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > >
> > > -Morten**
> > >
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> >
> > It does hardware mpeg2 decoding?  Are you sure about that?
> >
> > --
> > Michael J. Lynch
> >
> > What if the hokey pokey IS what it's all about -- author unknown
> >

When I first built my system, about 2 months ago, I picked up one of
these cards on ebay for $50. No fan, just a heatsink. Love it.

Garry


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