On Monday 28 November 2005 16:32, David Rudder wrote: > I'm looking at a similar card. > > I have a couple friends who work for Nvidia, one who makes chips (and, > no, this doesn't get me any discounts on cards:( ). He says that the > 6200 series does HDTV very well, and are well supported on Linux. There > are a couple caveats: > > Make sure your mainboard has PCI-E. Mine has AGP, so I can't use this > card. The AGP options are fewer and more expensive. I'm not sure the > difference between the two, except you have to use what you have. > > This card may not come with component out. You may have to purchase the > connectors seperately. It supports VGA and DVI natively. My television > has DVI, but then I'm still paying for the cables. A more expensive > card may support the component outputs, which can use cheaper cables, > and thus close the money gap. > > All that being said, I have not yet picked up a video card (using > on-board cheapo until I resolve some firewire issues) and all of my info > is gained from telephone conversations and not real experience. Caveat > emptor. > > -Dave > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Has anyone had experience using the Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256DE video card? > > It's pretty cheap and has outputs for component video. I'm wondering if > > it's worth it. > > > >specs: http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-NX62TC256DE.htm > > > >Thanks! > > > >-Pete
card should work fine. Looks similar to NVIDIA's reference design. 1080i over DVI to an HDTV is hit or miss though. Check RAM electronics http://www.ramelectronics.net/ for cheap high quality electronics cables (audio, video, DVI, etc) -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
