[MPlayer-users] wich graphic card?

[Laurent Lacaze]

I think a G400 is a good choice.
I have one to sell to you if you want (with the video cable !)


Le mar 18/02/2003 à 22:43, D Richard Felker III a écrit :
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> On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:05:06PM +0100, Olivier Warin wrote:
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> > hello!
> > firsat of all: sorry for writing something a little offtopic. and for the fact 
> > that it it isn't really something for such a mailinglist. 
> > i just want to be sure, because i had some big troubles with mi geforce2 
> > card...
> > 
> > i want to buy a new graphic card. so i want to watch dvd's, divx etc. with 
> > mplayer. and everthing sould run with the no a-v sync problems. or something.
> > here is my system:
> > linux (kernel 2.4.19) on a
> > celeron 1.2 ghz cpu
> > 512mb sd ram
> > 16 bit onboard sound
> > 
> > so my idea is to buy cheap card without great 3d rendering features. because i 
> > don't need it.
> > but i want a card wich works great with mplayer ;)
> > 
> > i would have chosen this one:
> > Matrox G550 32MB DualHead AGP
> > 
> > is this card good for mplayer?
> > would you say, that this card is a good idea. or should i look for another 
> > one?
> > 
> > thanks alot for a reply..
> > 
> > sorry again for this stupid question. i just want to be sure.
> 
> I would suggest going with a G400 instead of a G550. I don't know
> too much about the 550, but the 450 was actually a somewhat crippled
> version of the 400. In any case, I imagine the driver support for the
> 400 is a good bit better than for the 550.
> 
> It's probably a bit hard to find a 400 these days, but plenty of them
> go on eBay. Just check and make sure the card has TV out support if
> you need it. The amount of ram (16 vs 32) is probably irrelevant
> unless you care about the 3D. Also be aware that some people are
> selling the card without the TV out cable. However, you can probably
> buy the cable somewhere else or make one (really cheap and easy) using
> the pinouts on Matrox's site.
> 
> Rich
> 
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