amd 785g chipset and 2009.1/2010

[Arnold Troeger]

I'm building a home entertainment system and I'm looking at buying one
of two Gigabyte boards (either the GA-MA785GMT-UD2H, or the
GA-MA785GPM-UD2H) for it.  Both these boards implement the AMD 785g chip
set.  I've found a couple of descriptions on the web: this thread for
one (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=618289) What I'd like to
know is how well will these boards work with Mandriva?  Can I use the
on-board graphics or will I need to buy an additional NVIDIA graphics card?

Thank you in advance,
Arnold

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Arnold Troeger
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[John Haywood-2]

On 14/09/2009, at 2:00 AM, Arnold Troeger wrote:

> I'm building a home entertainment system and I'm looking at buying  
> one of two Gigabyte boards (either the GA-MA785GMT-UD2H, or the GA-
> MA785GPM-UD2H) for it.  Both these boards implement the AMD 785g  
> chip set.  I've found a couple of descriptions on the web: this  
> thread for one (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=618289)  
> What I'd like to know is how well will these boards work with  
> Mandriva?  Can I use the on-board graphics or will I need to buy an  
> additional NVIDIA graphics card?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Arnold

Arnold

I'd have to ask why use any Radeon (except maybe the now-defunct All-
in-Wonder), onboard or otherwise for a media centre (I'm assuming  
you're including video and HDTV here).

The general consensus is that for Linux media centres, for example  
MythTV, nVidia provides the only real solution, and if you want a  
decent lifespan, look for any VDPAU - capable card:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU

This feature is currently available in the trunk release, and will be  
included in the upcoming 0.22 release.

There is also a fixable issue with MythTV and the powersaving features  
of the AMD's, whereby the processor steps down too far to be able to  
decode HD.


hth

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John Haywood

[Arnold Troeger]

John Haywood wrote:

>
> On 14/09/2009, at 2:00 AM, Arnold Troeger wrote:
>
>> I'm building a home entertainment system and I'm looking at buying
>> one of two Gigabyte boards (either the GA-MA785GMT-UD2H, or the
>> GA-MA785GPM-UD2H) for it.  Both these boards implement the AMD 785g
>> chip set.  I've found a couple of descriptions on the web: this
>> thread for one (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=618289)
>> What I'd like to know is how well will these boards work with
>> Mandriva?  Can I use the on-board graphics or will I need to buy an
>> additional NVIDIA graphics card?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>> Arnold
>
> Arnold
>
> I'd have to ask why use any Radeon (except maybe the now-defunct
> All-in-Wonder), onboard or otherwise for a media centre (I'm assuming
> you're including video and HDTV here).
>
> The general consensus is that for Linux media centres, for example
> MythTV, nVidia provides the only real solution, and if you want a
> decent lifespan, look for any VDPAU - capable card:
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU
>
> This feature is currently available in the trunk release, and will be
> included in the upcoming 0.22 release.
>
> There is also a fixable issue with MythTV and the powersaving features
> of the AMD's, whereby the processor steps down too far to be able to
> decode HD.
>
>
> hth
>
> --
> John Haywood
>
>
>
>
>
>

Thank you for the advice and the link.  I'm looking at it now.

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Arnold Troeger
Email:  stssart@...
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