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Originally posted by imagegeek2
If you use alsa drivers version(s) 0.9.x I think you will do fine with the m-audio card AND the sbLive card. Version 0.9 fixed spdif out as well as a bunch of other stuff - performance, use of buffers, multiple sources simultaneously merging into the audio stream... |
Thats good to know. Maybe I'll take another look at it.
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Now go and buy an m-audio card and check it out. Then report back how well it worked. Then I'll buy one  |
ok.
Right now I'm leaning towards the m-audio delta dio 2496. It's not as cool as their audiophile 2496, but the only digital out from my satellite decoder is toslink, and this one has toslink inputs.
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| The radeon 8500, 8500Le, 9500 and 9700 all work with the component video out dongle. There is no mention of the 9000 and the dongle. Also, the binary driver FAQ and Release Notes say to use Gatos drivers if you want to get TV out, the AIW tuner and Infrared Remote working with any of the above cards. |
So when the fanless 9000 arrived in the mail, it turns out to be build by sapphire using the ati chips (as opposed to being built by ati like the 9000pro). I don't know yet what that will mean for using the binary drivers, but the release notes for those drivers make a big deal of the difference between "powered by ati" and "built by ati". So I may well find myself building xfree from cvs until janurary.
Personally, I'm hoping to (eventually) use a VGARGB breakout cable to plug this thing right into the projector. A working tv out (either component or svideo) was not my biggest concern when choosing this card. Mine didn't come with a dongle, so if you're looking for component out, this may not be the best choice.
When I get a little further along, I'll let you know how it works. (I may even be persuaded to try the svideo out just for testing, if anyone is concerned about it working.)
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| Maxtor makes a new series of hard drives that are Silent. I have the 80G version and it is silent. They spent money on quiet bearings. |
That's good to know. If I get too frustrated setting up the diskless configuration, I'll keep that as a backup option.
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| That 2100+ is going to be a ***** to cool iconoclast. What heatsink/fankit are you planning to use? |
Since that really super cool looking case doesn't come with a powersupply, I wandered over to
www.endpcnoise.com and found a really quiet option. While I was there I noticed that they have a heatsink/fan option that is supposed to be super quiet for athlons up to 2200 (or 2600 if you have the thoroughbred version).
http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/...ml?id=vAqVoR9X
I've not worked with any of the athlons yet, so I was kind of trusting the marketing speak about that fan when I made the decision for the 2100. I'm also figuring that video playback won't be the biggest cpu strain, so even if it's not quite as efficient as the fan that came w/ the cpu, it'll be ok.
