[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 14:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I plan on making a myth box revolving around a pcHDTV 3000 card. >> Which video card should I purchase to go along with it? >> >>> From the pcHDTV web site I see the following listed: >> >> Accelerated HDTV support with nVidia video cards. >> Accelerated IDCT and Motion Compensation with GeForce4 Mx cards >> Accelerated Motion Compensation with GeForce4 TI cards >> >>> From that list the GeForce4 Mx cards seem to offer the best >>> combination and >> as an added bonus are cheaper than the GeForce4 TI cards or am I >> reading that completely wrong? > > For Myth, you might get by with a 440 MX, but most people > report better results with a FX 5200. In general, you want > the fastest nVidia card that you can afford (in terms of > money, heat, and noise). I went with the 5200, as it was the > fastest fanless card I could find. > >> Would this recommendation change if I planned to dual boot to do >> gaming under windows? > > In that case, you might be willing to go with a faster card with a > fan. > > --PC
I started with a GeForce4 MX 440, AGP 4X on a Athlon XP 2500+ @ 2.2 Ghz (about 3200+ levels). It dropped a bunch of frames using XvMC under the Xine that came with the card. I just moved up to an AGP 8X FX5200 card, and I don't have the issue any longer. I haven't watched any 720p (Fox) stuff yet, but West Wing was nice and smooth last week when I made the change. The Fx5200 is about as big as you're going to run on the nVidia line without adding a noisy fan. Steve
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