[mythtv-users] CPU & CPU Temp

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/12/2009 02:48 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> On 12/04/2009, at 3:03 PM, Raymond Wagner
>> The 8-series and up all support 1920x1200.  Between the 6200s and 
>> 7300s on Newegg, there are currently around 30 cards that do not 
>> support anything above 1600x1200.  Up until just a couple of months 
>> ago, the 6200s were the recommended card, as they were cheaper, lower 
>> powered, and the 8-series provided no additional benefits for Linux 
>> users (besides being unable to use XvMC). 
> I just checked on newegg,
> The cheapest nvidia 6200 either agp or PCI, all support 2038*1536.
> Quickly browsing the list, they all list 2048*1536 as the maximum 
> resolution
>
>
> According to the nvidia website too, all 6200 chipsets support 2048*1536
>
> The nvidia 6100 which is only found on integrated motherboard, also 
> supports that resolution.
> Those cards were released in 2004.
>
> But its a moot point anyway. The question was about if the hdmi port 
> on the gigabyte card supported 1080p, the answer is yes.
> And you can easily say that any video card with a native hdmi port 
> (being rather recent) will handle 1080 resolution easily.
> No need to worry about hdmi 1.0 or 1.3b. Hdmi supported 1080p right 
> from the start. Unlike what some unscrupulous salesmen claim, forcing 
> you to buy expensive hdmi cables, because they wouldn't do 1080p 
> otherwise.  

I think his response was regarding your statement:

> Of course.
> Any HDMI or DVI port can do up to 1920x1200...

( http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/378635#378635 ), 
where he's probably right about the fact that many of the early NVIDIA 
(or, name your brand) cards don't support (true) 1920x1200 via the DVI 
ports because of the limitations on single-link connections.  I.e. for 
reasons such as:  
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/173600#173600

Mike