[mythtv-users] Video Card Usage

[R. G. Newbury]

Timothy M. Admire wrote:
> So would the recommendation be to pickup a PVR150 and a cheap GeForce 4 for
> decoding?
> 

On the 'in-bound' side you need hardware encoding..which means something 
like the 150. But unless you really cannot afford the extra cost, grab a 
PVR500...equals 2 PVR150's on one card.

On the out-bound side, you need hardware decoding. Do not go for a 4, 
get a 6000 series card, such as a 6200. The price will not be much more, 
but the capabilities are much better, including XvMC. There are a few 
7300 version nvidia cards which are passively cooled but you don't get 
much more in the way of capabilities, and the heat load is much larger. 
Basically all of the 6000 series are passively cooled, so htere is ne 
extra fan noise.

(and please don't top post without editing things..)

Geoff