I forgot to mention this, I am not interested in dual displays or
anything fancy like that. I'm basically building a box that is designed
to connect to a tv/projector/computer display (CRT/LCD). I'm looking to
make it semi-portable actually, which is why I want so many different
interfaces in one card. I just want to hook up the box at the new
location, boot it, and be set to go with just about any TV interface -
without hauling around an extra monitor or anything.
-Galen
On Apr 21, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Galen wrote:
I'm looking for some suggestions for an inexpensive AGP video card
here. I'm building a stand-alone HDTV system, there are no other
planned uses (no games, etc), with an Athlon 64 3200, possibly an A64
3500 depending on cost when I purchase. Motherboard supports AGP 8x.
In theory, the graphics card doesn't need to be something too massive,
just a solid conduit to the screen, perhaps with XvMC to boost
performance a little. In particular, I would like to be able to run
full 1920 x 1080 via DVI, be able to use a DVI to VGA adapter if
desired (pretty standard), and boot directly to S-Video (for when I am
hooked to an analog TV). Is such a thing possible? Can you offer any
suggestions?
Yes, I did search, but I'm having a little difficulty putting
everything together; 1920x1080 DVI issues, S-Video booting, etc. Your
help would be appreciated.
As for my background, I'm a spoiled Mac user working on plans for an
HDTV MythTV box. :P I'm really comfortable with the unix-stuff on the
software-only side, but the hardware and driver stuff, especially
under Linux requires some adjustment on my part! I'm used to hardware
working or not with pretty straightforward drivers (and in most cases,
none at all - it just works), and the thought of recompiling my kernel
for hardware support is still slightly amusing to me. I'm sure it will
become serious enough soon enough, however! I have done some work on
my darwin kernel under OS X, manually patching it to change the power
management for my laptop, but that was super non-standard stuff. I've
also made some custom builds of VLC for OpenGL accelerated YUV
conversion, custom builds of DVD rippers for enhanced quality
encoding, etc. So I'm not a dummy, but I'm just not an x86/Linux
hardware expert, if that makes any sense to you people out there.
-Galen
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