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

[Pat Pierce]

but you can say similar things about gpu vs cpu in may different ways ;)

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Nicolas Will <nico at youplala.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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