100+ hours of recording on varying quality settings (though I've never gone above the 4.2gb per hour) and I've yet to have a signal noticeable frame drop. I've yet to have a case where I had a noticeable skipped frame when watching the recorded material.
Well I haven't tried a 9700 AIW, but all the prior versions would occasionally have frame-drops which never happen with the Hauppauge cards. But perhaps the newer AIW's are getting there.
Though I'd still not use one, hehe. I think the combo of a good videocard + a hauppauge is a better...
It depends on how much you like to tweak and how much you are willing to spend.
If "not a whole lot" on either question then you aren't ready to make a real HTPC.
If on the other hand you are, here's some of the things you can do:
1) PVR - My recommendation is the combo of a Hauppauge...
how can people use a PC as a PVR??
By not using that AIW trash :)
Get a Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-350. I can record stuff using SageTV all day long while watching DVD's and never have a single problem. And going through SageTV gives me a lot of flexibility in terms of what codec I can use and the...
Will do :)
Quick question, did you change out the fan or are you using the stock fan & how would you rate the audio solution on this board??
It's not the same as the nForce2 SoundStorm (right??), but is it comparable?? Does it have like the Dolby 5.1 support??
I guess in my case it's only...
Does the Shuttle SN45G have enough power to drive a Barton 3000/400, 1GB of DDR400 ram, 120GB WD SE, & a 9700 AIW Pro??
I've seen people say that was fine with the regular 9700 Pro, was just wondering if the draw of the AIW was much more??
Thanx.
I'll 2nd CaptnKirk and add that this is the case I got, though I added two fan holes to my door's window. (1 exhaust at the top-center of the window, 1 intake at the bottom-center)
Since I'm using the 462+ I'm going to recommend it :)
It does a pretty damn good job IMO. My cpu is running somewhere between 33*C & 43*C (damn Asus & their crappy temperature monitor) on full load and this is with an OC from 2ghz to 2.4ghz on a 190mhz (380mhz DDR) bus.
But the biggest reason...
Well it doesn't lock up completely, but does lag quite a bit. Course that's probably because the test is taking so much of the Cpu.
Only other things I did, besides play with the multiplier & voltage, was disable some of the things on the board I'm not going to use. The Audio, the 3com Network...
Up to 12.5x190mhz = 2.375ghz
With that got 3dMark up to 16119 :)
I'm not sure about the temps.
In the Bios it says 26*C for the Sys, 38*C for the Cpu after a initial start up.
28*C for the Sys, 44*C for the Cpu after rebooting during a hard use session.
With Asus Probe I get 21*C/30*C idle /...
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe Bios Rev 1001C
Athlon Xp 2400+ (T-Bred B) unlocked, running at 2.2ghz (12x185mhz w/ 1.8v)
1gb Cosair XMS Pc3200 Cas2 (running at 185mhz, 4/2/2/2t w/2.7v)*
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (running at 66mhz)**
2 80gb WD 80gb SE hard drives
Case = Aluminum Silver Chieftec Workstation Tower...
I'm curious what yall are using to unlock your TBred's and where you can buy the conductive agent??
I had used a conductive ink pen for my TBird's, but I'm wondering if there is a better solution than that.
Thanks.
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