[mythtv-users] N220GT nVidia Drivers

Mark Boyum mark at boyum.us
Wed Oct 13 22:47:17 UTC 2010


On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 5:36 PM, mike at grounded.net <mike at grounded.net> wrote:
>> For mythtv playback, mostly, yes. At least, you'll be doing 100% of
>> your video decoding in software, running on your CPU, whack mostly
>> defeats the purpose of the card you got. You want to get the binary
>> nvidia driver working.
>
> Got it. So the yum drivers will make the card work but they aren't the best drivers to use.
> I should update with the proprietary nvidia drivers to get the full function of the card.
>
> If that's right, confusion is starting to fade a little :).
>

If you see the nVidia logo when X starts, you are using the
proprietary drivers.  Congrats on getting over that hurdle!


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