KnoppMyth event round-up

[Colin McGregor]

--- John Myshrall <jmyshrall-6duGhz7i8susTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Colin McGregor wrote:
> > --- Merv Curley <mervc-MwcKTmeKVNQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> On Saturday 04 November 2006 19:35, Colin
> McGregor
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Just to sum up what happened at 169 Eastern
> today
> >>>       
> >> with
> >>     
> >>> the KnoppMyth install event.
> >>>
> >>>       
> <snip>
> 
> For those interested there are FX 5200 Cards
> available for $ 29.99 
> coupon required. They are refurbs though.
> 
> http://www.factorydirect.ca/email_html/061103_FS.htm
> 
> John

Interesting stuff. nVidia cards (like the above) are
well supported under Linux, and depending on details
these can be great cards for MythTV. Key questions I
would be asking are:

- Does this card have a fan?
- Does this card only have VGA connector?

A yes to either question above will make the card less
desirable. You want a MythTV box to be QUIET so all
the noise you hear is what is happening on screen, so
a fan on the video card is undesirable. 

Most people will want an easy way to connect the video
card to their TV, which is greatly helped by a
composite video or SVideo connector on the video card
(SVideo gives higher quality, and there are SVideo ->
composite video adaptors (which I have because my home
TV while it has a composite video in jack it does NOT
have a SVideo jack)). 

These cards are not good enough for some of the latest
Linux games but can deal with anything MythTV can
throw at them.

Colin McGregor

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