[mythtv-users] FYI - New HW video accellAPI from NVIDIA

[Nicolas Will]

On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 10:27 -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
> >>> But going with a cheaper CPU, a cheap GPU that can assist HD
> decoding
> >>> gives less noise and less money spent.
> >>
> >> But GPU fans aren't exactly silent, either.
> >
> > They are when you have a fanless card.
> 
> It seems like if you're doing something heavy-duty like video
> decoding,
> though, it's gonna need a fan.  After all, you're just transferring
> load
> from the CPU to the GPU.

But the GPU has specialized wired circuitry do do it better, faster and
with less efforts than a GPU.

Nico