[mythtv-users] graphics card memory needed for VDPAU & HDPVR

[Maclaren, James M]

I have been reading about people's success with various nvidia cards.
As I would need a PCI card in my machine I am interested in experiences
with a  GeForce 8400 card, VDPAU & HDPVR recordings.  It seems like this
would allow me to upgrade my via epia m10000 frontend.  My question is:
is 256MB sufficient or do I need a 512MB card.  My understanding is the
CPU speed/horsepower is not critical for the decoding as it is all done
on the card. The former can be found fanless and PCI the latter not.
I'd prefer fanless but don't want to drop $60 on something that won't be
suitable.  Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

James

 

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