Hey everyone,
Just wondering what you guys thought of this setup.
2 PVR-150 (low profile version)
512 mb pc 2700 ram
250 gb 7200 rpm ata 100 hard drive
Athlon 800 (soon to be replaced by an Athlon XP 1700+)
Antec Minuet case
Asus A7V-400 Mx micro-atx motherboard
Geforce 5200(low profile) (for tv out)
What do you guys think about this setup? Specifically, is it
ridiculously hard to configure the pvr-150s? Also will this CPU allow
me to watch live tv and encode at the same time? How about playback?
Is the 5200 a good card for TV out? Anyone have experiences with this
motherboard/chipset? Thanks in advance.
Several comments:
The Athlon 800 is going to be a bit slow for watching Live TV and playback, unless you manage to get XvMC working. (I haven't had much luck there, myself.)
I'd rethink the motherboard -- VIA chipsets have been known to have problems with high-throughput PCI cards like the PVR-150's. On a full-size ATX motherboard, you can sometimes get things to work better by moving the cards around in the slots, but that's less feasible with a microATX motherboard. Other mainstream chipsets don't have this problem.
I'm using a GeForce 5200 for TV output, and it's working fine.
Otherwise, you should be fine.
Carl Fongheiser
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