[mythtv-users] Recommended GeForce 5200 Cards

[matt mead]

Brian Wood wrote:
> On May 19, 2006, at 5:45 AM, matt mead wrote:
>> If you ever have intentions of viewing HDTV using XV scaling, I  
>> would recommend
>> *against*:
>>
>> ASUS V9520-X/TD GeForce FX 5200.
>>
>> http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx? 
>> l1=2&l2=7&l3=9&model=273&modelmenu=1
>>
>> Mad Dog Multimedia Conqueror FX 5200.
>>
>> http://www.mdmm.com/products/graphics/fx5200agp.asp
>>
>> Both of these have problems using the video overlay to scale at  
>> least some
>> 1920x1080 (1080i) content down to lower resolutions.
>>
>> The Mad Dog Multimedia card I have will scale properly using the  
>> blitter, but
>> it ends up with some temporal distortions on the output.

> Are you saying that all 5200 cards have these problems? Or do these  
> particular cards stray from nVidia's reference design in some way  
> that causes them?

I only have experience with the Mad Dog card.  A fellow user Greg mentioned on 
this list his Asus does the same thing my Mad Dog does.  I've been wondering if 
All 5200 cards do this or just some.  I want to buy another 5200 for my backend 
(which currently has a 6200, and it has issues with the via chipset), but don't 
want to spend on one unless I can find one that is known to work properly for 
scaling 1920x1080 -> 800x600.



-matt

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