/2008/11/23/well-that-was-stupid_easy-mythtv-fixes Cars, Computers, and trying new things Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 /2008/11/23/well-that-was-stupid_easy-mythtv-fixes/comment-page-1#comment-11543 Rothgar Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:50:50 +0000 /?p=465#comment-11543 On my current machine I am using a integrated Intel GMA X3100. If you are not playing HD video you can easily get away with most integrated graphics but if you are planning on playing HD I would suggest using a Nvidia video card. I am using my machine for HD and I easily got away with a FX5600 with a Pentium 4 3.0 HT processor. I find with MythTV you need more processor than you do video card because most of the time the processor needs to make up for where the video card driver is lacking. And lets face it, in Linux, almost every high end video card is not as supported as it is in Windows. On my current machine I am using a integrated Intel GMA X3100. If you are not playing HD video you can easily get away with most integrated graphics but if you are planning on playing HD I would suggest using a Nvidia video card.
I am using my machine for HD and I easily got away with a FX5600 with a Pentium 4 3.0 HT processor. I find with MythTV you need more processor than you do video card because most of the time the processor needs to make up for where the video card driver is lacking. And lets face it, in Linux, almost every high end video card is not as supported as it is in Windows.

]]> /2008/11/23/well-that-was-stupid_easy-mythtv-fixes/comment-page-1#comment-11542 iceolate Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:17:03 +0000 /?p=465#comment-11542 What kind of video card do you use? I have a ShuttleX box running Ubuntu with a PCI and AGP slot. I cannot figure what kind of card to get that would be compatible to run. What kind of video card do you use? I have a ShuttleX box running Ubuntu with a PCI and AGP slot. I cannot figure what kind of card to get that would be compatible to run.

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