[mythtv-users] Is NVIDIA worth the bother?

[Tim McKenzie]

On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:02:23 Mark Garland wrote:
> I started out building my first MythTV box with ATI after
>  looking at the impressive specs of the 780G AMD/ATI chip and
>  nearly gave up with Myth altogether.  The open source drivers
>  were just so basic compared to the proprietary ones, and even
>  the proprietary ones just didn't work - the system would lock
>  up randomly.  After 2-3mths, I finally gave in and bought a
>  real cheapo Nvidia card (£20), doing everything through
>  software, and the machine has been totally different -
>  reliable and something I can be proud of.
> 
> I'd love to be using an open source driver, and I don't really
>  care whether it's NVidia/ATI/Intel/whoever.  However
>  (especially with ATI) the open source drivers aren't anywhere
>  near ready ...

How long ago were you testing those drivers (and how old were they 
at the time)?  In January this year, at least one person thought 
either the open source or proprietary ATI drivers put the 780G 
ahead of the nVidia 8200 with proprietary drivers (for people 
wanting an HTPC):
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2223832

The X.org wiki currently says the following of the ati driver's 
support for the HD 3200 (which is included in the 780G):
  * 2D: accelerated (EXA), stable 
  * XVideo: accelerated and tear free, stable
  * 3D: experimental ...
http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon

Tim
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