Finally the new HTPC is up and running!
This new build features the AMD 1.4ghz cpu with a Micro-Star MS6380 mobo (KT266 chipset) Radeon VE video card (ordered LE version, but got VE at no extra charge) my previous htpc's M-audio card (still not a better sounding card on the market) and a Zoltrix video capture card that was modified by someone else, then modified by me again.(with his instruction)
It's been widely rumoured that the AMD platform will not work well with the M-audio cards...I can tell you this is wrong, with over a week of use I haven't had one hiccup with anything in this system! The M-audio card has it's own IRQ so perhaps this is why things are so smooth for me and not others...I really don't know.
Using the ATI player this picture is noticably better than the old Elsa Gladiac/ winDVD solution.
Video capture is something that still needs work, but signals from my directv reciever look better than I thought they would, and I think they can get better once I learn more about this card and the de-interlacing program I'm using.
This new build features the AMD 1.4ghz cpu with a Micro-Star MS6380 mobo (KT266 chipset) Radeon VE video card (ordered LE version, but got VE at no extra charge) my previous htpc's M-audio card (still not a better sounding card on the market) and a Zoltrix video capture card that was modified by someone else, then modified by me again.(with his instruction)
It's been widely rumoured that the AMD platform will not work well with the M-audio cards...I can tell you this is wrong, with over a week of use I haven't had one hiccup with anything in this system! The M-audio card has it's own IRQ so perhaps this is why things are so smooth for me and not others...I really don't know.
Using the ATI player this picture is noticably better than the old Elsa Gladiac/ winDVD solution.
Video capture is something that still needs work, but signals from my directv reciever look better than I thought they would, and I think they can get better once I learn more about this card and the de-interlacing program I'm using.
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