[mythtv-users] Building new Mythtv Box

[jedi]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 06:16:35PM -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote:
> On 01/10/2011 02:15 PM, jedi wrote:
> >On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:43:49AM -0500, Joe wrote:
> >>On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:35 AM, R. G. Newbury<newbury at mandamus.org>  wrote:
> >>>Ditch the Nvidia 6200. You have FIOS so you get HD. You really need at least
> >>>a 9500GT or newer (GT220 etc) for vdpau to lower the load on the CPU. That
> >>>CPU will work, but will be stressed if you are recording and playing at the
> >>>same time.
> >>
> >>I agree with everything Geoff said except the above comment about
> >>needing VDPAU... My current main BE/FE is using the onboard Geforce
> >>6150 LE ... Records on all three tuners (dual HDHomeRun + PVR-150) and
> >>simultaneously plays back HD to our LCD TV just fine.  CPU is an older
> >>dual core Athlon (5200+ speed grade maybe?) but it's nowhere near it's
> >>limits.
> >
> >     The older nvidias are likely to not support modern video inputs.
> >An 8x00 card can be had cheaply and is really the bare minimum of what
> >you want to be dealing with these days.
> 
> IIRC, the 8x00 series are designed to work with AMD CPU's and the
> 9x00 series with IBM. The OP has a Core2 Duo.

    I ran my original 8400 with my Core2Quad with no problems.

    With the exception of a few notable cases where combinations of 
hardware including the video card caused spontaneous combustion, the
CPU and GPU are entirely independent components.

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