Nvidia works for me. I have a GeForce 9400GT driving two 1920x1080 displays, one of them is a 47" Sharp Aquos HDTV. The sound doesn't work on the Aquos, but I use the computers sound system, so it isn't a problem. I didn't have any issues at all setting it up, basically it's the same two monitor setup that I use at work. I don't use MythTV, no cable. On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:59 PM, <dman [ at ] lanhouse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > I've also had good success with Nvidia in Linux. I don't have a > recommendation regarding which Nvidia card but I've not had one that > didn't work. I've also used the VDPAU acceleration. It also works fine > with bluray playback smoothly. I found this page useful: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVD > > I wish I had the time to play more with mythTV. > > Good luck, > > Dennis > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Brett Delmage wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, John Elliott wrote: > > > >> Can anyone recommend an inexpensive PCI-Express video card which is well > >> supported by X11 and does not require ATI drivers? > >> > >> Resolution required is 1920x1080 or better. > > > > Hmm. Not clear from your message if you are implying that you want a > > ATI radeon type card with a FLOSS driver, or something else? > > > > The nvidia-based cards work for me. I was not a fan of the nvidia closed > > source drivers for years. But after reading an interview about them about > > the shared code between their different platforms, I am more accepting. > > Nvidia does at least keep the drivers updated with features for linux. > > > > John, you mentioned 1920x1080. Are you planning to watch HD video / MPEG > > streams? Nvidia drivers support VDPAU ( http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU > > ). I installed an inexpensive nvidia card (GT210) on my mythtv box two > > months ago and it _really_ works. Watching HDTV takes almost no CPU at > > all with VDPAU and the GPU doing most of the work. > > > > Pccyber has GT210s for (oh my - on sale now, for $36.77 with rebate) Does > > that meet your 'inexpensive' requirement? It's a good price even without > > the rebate. > > > > There might be even better deals, but I would not hesitate to look at > this > > card specifically, and pccyber's stock in nvidia cards. > > > > Brett > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux mailing list > > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Cheers! Rick