[mythtv-users] PCI, S-Video, VDPAU, SDTV, interlaced CRT: what card?

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    > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:53:26 -0500
    > From: James Crow <james at ultratans.com>

    > As for fanless versus a fan, if you have room in your case it is not 
    > hard to turn an 8400 into a fanless model. I did. Here is a blog post 
    > about it: http://jamesanddiana.com/blog/?p=9

Thanks!

I hope not to get to that point, but...

    > This is the card I used: 
    > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139018

I note that this card only has 256MB.  I'd discounted all cards with
less than 512MB because of complaints on the list.  Is it the case
that SD decoding (even with Advanced 2X) does -not- require more than
256MB?