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Brian Wood wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Brad Patterson wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I need to get a new video card for my myth box, as the current one that
I have doesn't include a TV output. The problem is that the 2 computers
I am thinking about "converting" into a full time myth box are older
machines and neither of them have PCI-express slots. One of the PCs has
an AGP slot and the other only has PCI slots. My question is this:
If I opt for the PCI (non-express version) video card, will this be
enough performance to support video & TV playback? The card I am
looking at right now is on sale at Best Buy, it is a BFG brand card
with Nvidia 6200 OC with 256MB of ram. I know that it will have plenty
of ram on the video card, but I wasn't sure if the PCI slot type of card
would cause a problem for video playback to the TV.
Can anyone clue me in here? Thanks!!
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Since you are planning to use the TV out I assume you are talking about
SD video, as AFAIK none of the common TV outputs can handle HD.
A PCI card *should* be able to handle SD video, assuming everything else
is OK, and the buss itself is not too heavily loaded. You really don't
have much other choice, unless you replace that mobo.
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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Brian & Fred,<br>
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Thanks for replies to my question. You are both correct in that I will
only be transmitting SD video. <br>
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My other "old" mobo has an AGP slot, but it is only 4X AGP; so I don't
know if there would be a big performance difference between<br>
4X AGP and standard PCI or not. <br>
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And just so I am clear, you guys both think that the NVidia 6200 should
do an adequate job on the video with MythTV? (I didn't mention<br>
it previously, but I will also be using this system to playback my DVDs
that I have ripped to my server)<br>
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Thanks again for the help,<br>
Brad<br>
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