> Hi, > > Marius Schrecker wrote: > >>>-- Original Message -- >>>Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT) >>>From: "Johnny Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org >>>Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia MX4000 vs ATI 9200SE >>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], >>> Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users@mythtv.org> >>> >>> >>>I know a lot of you are going to have difference opinions but which >>> should >>> >>I 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 MX >> >>>000 and the 9200SE. From benchmarks I see the >>> >>9200SE 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 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. > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users >
Looks like it's settled then. Nvidia for me. Thank you all for your sharing your opinions and issues. Johnny _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users