[mythtv-users] Motherboard with AMD 690G / ATI Radeon x1250 - any good for mythtv?

[Todd Hutchinson]

I bought a biostar ta690g, which has the x1250 video.  In the end, I was completely disappointed with the video quality.  It stuttered and was, in my view, not practically usable.  I ended up buying a $35 nvidia FX7300 card, and added it to the motherboard.  It's nearly perfect now.  

So, I'd say, don't waste your money and valuable time with the radeon x1250 video at this point.  Go with nvidia.  




----- Original Message ----
From: Daniel Agar <daniel at agar.ca>
To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:08:53 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Motherboard with AMD 690G / ATI Radeon x1250 - any good for mythtv?

> Hi.
>
> I'm researching hardware for my first mythtv box.  I want to set up a mATX
> diskless frontend, based on a Athlon64 X2 4800+.
>
> I'm looking at a Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H, because of the Gb ethernet,
> TV-out
> and the HDMI output.  The extra two channels of sound might be good too.
>
> But... it's got a Radeon x1250 onboard graphics.  Am I asking for trouble?
>
> As I understand it ATI doesn't support XvMC, so I might be better of with
> a
> nvidia < 8xxx.
>
>
> An alternative I'm considering is the Abit NF-M2, with a nForce430
> (GeForce
> 6150) chipset.  But it doesn't have TV-out onboard so I'll need an extra
> video card anyway... probably a nvidia GeForce 7600 with an adapter for
> HDMI.
> In which case I might as well add the extra card to the Gigabyte board
> given
> it's only 65% of the price of the Abit.
>
> If I was to add another video card to the Gigabyte (maybe continue using
> the
> onboard for a third display to an LCD monitor) is the rest of the AMD 690G
> well supported by Linux?
>
>
> Any advice would be much appreciated.  Feel free to recommend other
> hardware,
> though we don't have a very good range here in NZ.
>
>
> Thanks.
> Bob


I just bought an Asus M2NPV-VM, which has everything onboard including tv
out and dvi. I put an X2 3800 in it and have been playing 720p and 1080i
(recorded through firewire from a STB) reliably on a 720p lcd, without
xvmc. The Asus M2N-MX is also a good option with the same stuff onboard
but a bit cheaper as it doesn't have firewire. I paid just under $100
Canadian for the M2NPV-VM, the M2N-MX is about $80. Oh and my board has an
spdif connector but I currently only have a receiver capable of stereo.

I don't know how well these ati/amd chipsets work in Linux but I know the
ati cards a headache.

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