[mythtv-users] Does video card brand matter? VDPAU

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday 29 October 2009 09:02:24 Bruce Nordstrand wrote:

>
> I thought bios maybe but haven't had a chance to upgrade it yet. It is a 3
> year old MB so it wouldn't surprise me that it didn't support one of the
> latest video cards. For reference it is a Gigabyte GA-8I945GZME-RH. It did
> boot normally with an 8600GT in it though.....

I always try to keep up with the latest BIOS on my motherboards.

Though Supermicro has some good advice regarding updating mobo BIOS, "If you 
are not having any problems, do not upgrade". That shows a lot of faith in 
their upgrades.

Is the card PCIe 2.0? If so, does your mobo support that?

>
> The GT220's don't have any extra power connectors, the motherboard has one
> of the 4 pin Molex's  and I has that plugged in. The GT220 is one of these:
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gt-220,2445-3.html

The problem is that in a week or 2 these will probably be obsolete.

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Brian Wood
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