[Hannes The Hun]

Got one on the way....

go for it, poofy! temar and I are really anxious to know

[teher811]

Hi guys,
Looking for threads on gt-430 under linux, and found that one.
I am not using xbmc but mythtv but we are on the same linux boat
I am waiting for an evga 1024M DDR3 GT 430 to be delivered at mine. I plan to try it out of the box with a fresh install of mythbuntu 10.10 (Ubuntu 10.10) and then add developer linux drivers 260.19.14 (next certified release, but no idea when).
I will leave a feedback here and there

[teher811]

Hi guys,
Looking for threads on gt-430 under linux, and found that one.
I am not using xbmc but mythtv but we are on the same linux boat
I am waiting for an evga 1024M DDR3 GT 430 to be delivered at mine. I plan to try it out of the box with a fresh install of mythbuntu 10.10 (Ubuntu 10.10) and then add developer linux drivers 260.19.14 (next certified release, but no idea when).
I will leave a feedback here and there

So I got the card. First results are: video OK, audio NOK.
I used developer drivers 260.19.14 for the display.

Desktop:
----------
Advanced effects OK.

Video:
-------
I could use vdpau to playback hd videos (tried with 1080p mkv files), picture is great and smooth, advanced deinterlacing seems to work well.

Audio:
-------
Device is not recognised by ALSA (it is not seen as 'HDA Nvidia' and doesn't appear in the list when typing command 'aplay -l'). Didn't find yet how to

[Hannes The Hun]

until a new version of alsa is out that adds support for the gt430 (1.24?) we're out of luck there, I guess. teher, could you have a look at this thread? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=84706 also I'd suggest we focus on this thread here for all GT430-related issues and performance/experience reports

[poofyhairguy]

I got the exact same results in Linux when I messed with it last night. Big disappointment. I guess we are gonna have to stick to recommending GT210s and 220s.

But I will say in Windows the card CAN do 3D like is advertised. Using Powerdvd with my 3D plasma and a 3D Blu Ray I got really excellent 3D performance, with only a slight lag every now and then.

I plan to rip the "How to Train Your Dragon" disk and play it back in XBMC Live as soon as I can to confirm that VDPAU can even handle non Half SBS files. If it works then only a few things would need to be added to XBMC to have real 3D support.

Overall though I officially only recommend this card for Windows XBMC users that really want HD Audio bitstreaming. For Linux users a GT220 is a much better choice as of now...

[ZERO <ibis>]

Also you can always swap your 220 HT for this one: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/pr...2_&mID=105

This opens up some new options for people that did not buy the zodiac passive card.

[poofyhairguy]

Also you can always swap your 220 HT for this one: http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/pr...2_&mID=105

This opens up some new options for people that did not buy the zodiac passive card.

I have messed with that particular heatsink and I must say its HUGE. It is also pretty expensive.


By far the current best card for a passive option in Linux is this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6814134100

[redstorm]

So I got the card. First results are: video OK, audio NOK.
I used developer drivers 260.19.14 for the display.

Desktop:
----------
Advanced effects OK.

Video:
-------
I could use vdpau to playback hd videos (tried with 1080p mkv files), picture is great and smooth, advanced deinterlacing seems to work well.

Audio:
-------
Device is not recognised by ALSA (it is not seen as 'HDA Nvidia' and doesn't appear in the list when typing command 'aplay -l'). Didn't find yet how to

im also using developer drivers 260.19.14 for the display but cannot get it to work, xbmc complains that a compatible accellerated openGL nvidia driver cannot be found.

Did you do anything in particular to get the driver to work, i.e disable the nouveau kernel driver??

[beyondinferno]

I'm also having issues with my EVGA GT 430. I've got the display working properly (with x-swat drivers) but the system doesn't recognize the HDMI sound device. when I check with "aplay -l" it doesn't show the card (just my usb spdif). If anyone finds proper drivers for this card PLEASE post it here.

[Temar]

So I got the card. First results are: video OK, audio NOK.
I used developer drivers 260.19.14 for the display.

Did you try the codec patches to get HDMI working?

[beyondinferno]

Did you try the codec patches to get HDMI working?

Would you happen to know of a good walkthrough for applying those patches? (I'm still a n00b with linux)

[Philmatic]

Once audio bitstreaming is figured out for XBMC on Linux, I think it'll be the ultimate card!

[Temar]

Would you happen to know of a good walkthrough for applying those patches? (I'm still a n00b with linux)

No, sorry, you need some basic knowledge of Linux development tools. Basically you could just use "apt-get --source alsa-lib", then patch the file using "patch -p1 < file.patch" and build your custom library using "apt-get source --compile alsa-lib". That is the only "easy" way I can think of. However this will not work if the patch does not apply to your current alsa-lib version and there are also many other pitfalls. Moreover you need a current kernel or patch your kernel version yourself.

You might want to contact the user seaweed as he got sound working and was looking into building some Ubuntu packages.

[teher811]

im also using developer drivers 260.19.14 for the display but cannot get it to work, xbmc complains that a compatible accellerated openGL nvidia driver cannot be found.

Did you do anything in particular to get the driver to work, i.e disable the nouveau kernel driver??

I downloaded drivers, install them and it was working. I was able to use openGL (in mythTV) and I could really feel the difference vs qt, so that worked for me.
Although typing command 'lspci -vv | grep -i nvidia' showed me the card is using nouveau amongst other stuff.
Did you try to disable nouveau?

I forgot to mention I although tried it out of the box using ubuntu recommended drivers (System->Administration->Hardware Drivers). It installed version 260.19.06 and it worked.

[teher811]

No, sorry, you need some basic knowledge of Linux development tools. Basically you could just use "apt-get --source alsa-lib", then patch the file using "patch -p1 < file.patch" and build your custom library using "apt-get source --compile alsa-lib". That is the only "easy" way I can think of. However this will not work if the patch does not apply to your current alsa-lib version and there are also many other pitfalls. Moreover you need a current kernel or patch your kernel version yourself.

You might want to contact the user seaweed as he got sound working and was looking into building some Ubuntu packages.

I am not sure the patch would work. Maybe downloading the source, adding the card id and compile it.
I downloaded the source and can see in folder 'include' a file called 'pci_ids_compat.h'. I could try to do something with it but only next week as I am away for the week-end .