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Hi, Marius Schrecker wrote: I tried setting up an Radeon 7000 card and gave up in the end. Info on the net is plentiful but scarce when it comes down to specific issues.-- Original Message -- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Johnny Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia MX4000 vs ATI 9200SE Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]>I know a lot of you are going to have difference opinions but which shouldI buy? I am currently going to purchase a PCI card for a smaller desktop box to transfer my mythtv box into. The 2 cheapest PCI cards with S-Video out I could find are the MX000 and the 9200SE. From benchmarks I see the9200SE is faster @ 3D but is it a pain to setup? I am currently running a FX5200 which is great at S-Video out. Overscan is definitely a plus. Opinions? TIA Hi Johnny, I can't compare the two directly as I haven't tried an MX4000, but have used Nvidia cards up to fairly recently, and tried most of them using composite out to a 50Hz TV. The last machine I set up with TV out used an ATI 9200SE, and I have to say I was very impressed by the clarity and stability of the TV picture (using the proprietary drivers from ATI) into an ordinary 50Hz TV. Unfortunately the box was stolen before I had the chance to finish setting it up so I can't tell you more. I think it is true that Nvidia may be easier to set up. I was still having trouble with screen resizing (using Xfree86 4.3) and 3D acceleration, but there was plenty of help available on the net for these issues. I know several people on the list have had trouble with ATI cards so this is by no means a recommendation, but I wanted to share my positive experience. Cheers Marius Registered Linux user I now use an fx5200 which i love. nVidia has official linux drivers and the card does xvmc, taking the load of the CPU when decoding the mpeg stream. Also, it's cheap. I use the card's vga output feeding a projector and the quality is absolutely stunning. Cheers, -Morten -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- WEB-fx Morten Lerskau Rønseth http://www.webfx.no Odinsvei 15c mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1413 Tårnåsen Tlf.: (47) 6680 9191 Norway Mob : (47) 9343 4357 |
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