Re: Re: Media PC + Graphics Card

[Simon Ryley <simon.ryley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart,

Thanks for the info.  It does have the latest drivers installed from the
ATI site.   I hadn't thought to fiddle with the MPEG decoder, I'll give
that a try.  Where did you get the Nvidia decoder from?

Simon


gigtekmediacomputers wrote:

> Simon,
>
> I'm surprised to hear you are having this problem we use Sapphire
> 9250s both 128Mb and 256Mb and have never had this problem on VGA or
> DVI. Are you using the latest MCE Catalyst drivers from the ATI site
> or perhaps it is the MPEG decoder you are using, we use the Nvidia as
> it causes us the least problems.
>
> Stuart
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Simon Ryley <simon.ryley@o...> wrote:
> >  From experience with this one:
> >
> > I wanted a fanless video card with DVI for my LCD TV.  I went for
a
> > Sapphire Tech Radeon 9250, which I would suggest you would avoid,
as it
> > doesn't do overlay support properly, so you can't have nice
things like
> > On Screen Display on top of the TV picture or video images. 
Instead of
> > the OSD having a transparent background, so you can still see the
> > picture, the background is black, so the picture is blocked when
the
> OSD
> > is on.  Very annoying.  I've heard anecdotal evidence that the
> > equivalent spec Nvidia card is much better.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > Paul Crate wrote:
> >
> > > Ok - in the quest to sort out my media PC, I am looking at
what vide
> > > card is
> > > best to use.
> > >
> > > I am still planning on using MCE.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Paul
>
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