I got a fanless 5200 8x AGP w/256 MEG RAM (Pine MFG) at Sam's Club for $58.00 USD. The TV out to a 36" Sony Vega is wonderful.
David On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:12 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jesse wrote: > > Jesse Guardiani wrote: > > > Dave wrote: > > >> On 8/23/05, Mark Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Can anyone comment on the quality comparison between the two > > >>> abovementioned chipsets? > > Well just to add my 2p, I've had a PVR-350 running for about a year with > TV/X out, > I've just swapped to a nvidia Geforce4 MX440/128Mb/AGP 8x > > PVR-350: > Advantages: > Picture quality - Supposedly better[0] > Hardware en/decoding - low processor usage, ideal for low spec 'silent' > frontends[1] > > Disadvantages: > It's physically fscking huge - wont for example fit in a pundit-R without > case modifications > Not 100% stable - crashes under ff/rew sometimes (ivtv v0.3.8/mythtv 18.1 > fwiw. May be better with later versions) > No games > No boot msg's - If you care (I don't and have a serial console if I want > boot msgs) > Problems with DVD's (much better with XV support) > Not pretty on bootup (pops and different colours->distorted image/last image > before shutdown->kde splash->kde->mythtv), can have driver loaded earlier) > No hauppauge driver support > some mythtv functions don't work (vol control etc) > No VGA/DVI > Cost > > > MX440 (5200 or similar should be better) > Advantages: > Cheap > Stable > nvidia driver support > Games > DVD'S > DVI/VGA > Prettier on bootup (blank screen->nvidia splash(if turned on)->suse late > splash->(kde but for a split second and don't see it)->mythtv), depending on > card/setup can have entire bootup from bios splash into mythtv. > Easily replaceable/upgradeable hardware with _no_ config changes (new nvidia > card, just pop it in, single driver means config and driver > won't change) > > Disadvantages: > Picture quality - supposedly worse[0] > Uses processing power[1] > Might be tricky to find a fanless one (I don't recommend it but if you're > not playing taxing games you _might_ be safe > to just unplug the fan, mine's died and the card works fine [and at > 20-30quid for a 'upgrade' replacement I won't worry _too_ much if it dies]) > > FWIW IMHO unless you want a silent low powered machine or don't have an AGP > slot I'd say save the pennies > (or cents) and just get a cheap nvidia card. > > Anyone want to buy a PVR-350? > > Druid > > [0] TBH I can't see it but then again I've not got that nice a TV[2], on a > BFO projector you might. > [1] On a very unscientific test I got the following on playback: > SuSE 9.1/2.6.11-rc2-bk3-20050125153357-default > PVR-350 > P4/3GHz/800Mhz (HT DISABLED) > 0.0-0.7% cpu > > SuSE 10.0/2.6.13-15-smp > MX440 > P4/2.8GHz/533Mhz (HT ENABLED) > 6.5-8.5% > > [2] Currently shopping for one though :-) > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > mythtv-users@mythtv.org > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
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