[mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 14:31:57 UTC 2006


On 11/13/06, Jared Davis <jared at cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a PVR-350 and haven't had much success in getting the X driver to
> work,
> so I haven't been able to play video files on the television.  I think I
> heard
> in a previous post that the MythTV developers aren't intending to support
> the
> PVR-350's tv-out for long, so I guess I am in the market for a new video
> card
> that can handle the s-video output.  Ideally, I would like to get:
>
>    - A relatively cheap card (I don't play 3d games, but it should be fast
>      enough to run MythTV on the television while I work in emacs on my
>      monitor.)
>
>    - A PCI Express card (it's my only free slot) with a DVI connection to
> the
>      monitor and an S-video connection to the television
>
>    - A card that works well with X-windows and makes it relatively easy to
> set
>      up the dual headed display between the monitor and the tv.
>
>
Get a nVidia based card. Their drivers are by far the best. I would suggest
a model but there are several hundred different models since nVidia does not
make cards only chips and 20+ manufacturers make cards with the same chips..


Here is a link at newegg for the 197 nVidia PCI-E cards:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+0+1069609641&Subcategory=48&description=nvidia&Ntk=all&srchInDesc=

John
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