[mythtvnz] silent cards

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Quoting Criggie <criggie at criggie.dyndns.org>:

> I know everyone seems to prefer NVidia for front ends, but I see this
> ATI
> card is pretty well specced, and the price is about $125++
> 
> ATI Radeon HD4550 512MB DDR3 PCI-E, HDMI, DVI, VGA
> no fan with Low Profile bracket
> 
> http://www.dove.co.nz/jump/5170
> 
> A review (pics are different)
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-radeon-hd4550_16.html#sect0
> 
> Anyone tried ATI lately ?

I use a Radeon 3450 in my Myth box. It works pretty well but the linux Catalyst
drivers are quirky. For instance as of the 9.2 driver set not having a mouse
connected will cause your X Session to freeze on startup and hard lock the box.