[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - How do I determine chipset of an nVidia card before I buy

[Bill Williamson]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Allen Edwards
>> <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> I understand that the 8400GS nvidia cards can have different cores,
>> >> and that G98 is the one to get.
>> >>
>> >> So how do I tell before purchase what is inside the card?
>> >>
>> >> (on topicness = I am going to use it to test vdpau :)
>> >>
>> >> Nick.
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>> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121235
>> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133245
>> >
>> > --->  Core clock: 567MHz  <---
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>> and? is that good or bad?
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> Sorry, These are G98 cards and you can tell it is one of the new cards
> because it has a 567 MHz clock.
> For example, this one
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> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2038&l1=2&l2=6&l3=551&l4=0
> has a 500MHz core clock (Engine Clock) so it is not the one to get.
>
> Allen
>


http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=551&l4=0&model=2094&modelmenu=2

I got this one... looks like I'm safe?
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