Greetings, I've built a system around the Intel 915g motherboard that I plan to put mythtv on. I'm using the hd-3000 high definition card, and am able to view (downsampled) video streams via the motherboard's integrated graphics controller, the gma 900.
Now I want to get dvi outputs, and have a decision to make about the graphics card. I'd like to know the pluses and minuses of each approach. If you want dvi outputs on the Intel 915g, you're supposed to use the Asus dvi-add2 add-in card in the PCI-express x16 slot. So that's one option. Does anyone have a system like this going? What can you report about it? I've read through the data sheet (http://www.intel.com/design/graphics/gma900/), but as best I can make out, it doesn't support hardware mpeg2 decoding -- which I understand that I *really* want for mythtv. Am I reading the data sheet correctly? So I'm wondering if I should use one of the mainstream PCI graphics board that supports dvi, e.g. nVidia. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work? Would I have to do anything extra, besides making sure the new card was detected? Will I really see a difference? Or am I just complicating my life needlessly? Thanks in advance for opinions and experiences. BTW, I am a total newb, so there is no fact too obvious to mention in your reply. :^) -T. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
