Re: [mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? (Yes, I did search)

[Bryan Halter]

I have an Nvidia 5200FX, comes in both PCI and AGP has DVI VGA and S-Video, supports XvMC and if no monitor is detected on DVI or VGA dumps all output to S-Video so there are no extra drivers needed.  Only down side is there's a fan on it so its a bit noisier than the GF4***, though I'm not sure if those support DVI. --Bryan 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 _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users

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