[mythtv-users] Opinions on this frontend/backend hw selection...

[jedi]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 07:46:06PM -0500, Joey Morris wrote:
> Ajay Sharma <ajayrockrock at gmail.com> wrote on Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:14:56PM -0800:
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Ajay Sharma <ajayrockrock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Can I take the silence as a sign of approval?  As in there's nothing
> > wrong with my config so no reason to respond?  Or has no one read
> > this?   :)
> > 
> > My real question is the video card.  Is the Geforce 210 good enough?
> > I figured if paried with an i3 that should be powerful enough to play
> > whatever I need coming off the HD-PVR.
> 
> I recently built a frontend with an i3-540, and I picked up the MSI
> 210 for cheap in case I needed to supplement the CPU with VDPAU. I'm
> not using the video card, and I've been satisfied with the CPU-only
> setup. I wouldn't describe myself as a discerning viewer, though, and
> I'm watching MPEG2 from an HDHomerun, so my experience may not help
> you much.
> 
> You'll find differing opinions on the list as to whether a nice CPU is
> sufficient or whether you'll still want a VDPAU card even with a nice
> CPU. There have been emails just this afternoon about it, actually.

    In my own experience, it would still be wise to use an nvidia card
with MythTV even if you didn't intend to use VDPAU. The nvidia drivers
seem much better at dealing with TVs.

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