[mythtv-users] GeForce 8400 still recommended for VDPAU?

[Allen Edwards]

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
>
> 2009/5/17 Jacob Steenhagen <jacob at steenhagen.us>:
> > A while back the following card was recommenced on this list as a good
> > feature/price combo...
>
> the 8400gs was recommended as it was the only card that could do VC-1
> decoding back then.
>
> Now all cards can do it.
>
> I would get a 9500GT fanless as it can do all deinterlacers even with HD.
>
> the 8400gs can't do any of the advanced deinterlacers on HD.
>
> Jean-Yves
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>

Do you really gain anything getting a high power usage and expensive video
card over just getting a powerful CPU and letting the CPU do the decoding?
 This 9500GT seems to have coper heat pipe cooling so it must be a power
hog. Just asking...

Allen
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