[mythtv-users] Nvidia GT220 - extra memory worth it?

[Matt S.]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Andre Newman <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk> wrote:
>
> On 17 Feb 2010, at 13:57, Mike Holden wrote:
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>> I am looking at a GT220, now that the HDMI audio seems to be heading for mainstream.
>>
>> Looking at what's available in the shops, it appears to come in 2 flavours, with
>> either 512Mb or 1024Mb of memory on board, but otherwise identical, soch as the 2
>> here:
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>> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+GT220
>>
>> Does the extra memory make any difference for MythTV VDPAU use at all? What about
>> non-VDPAU use? Is it worth paying the extra to double the memory, or is it throwing
>> money down the drain (presumably an extra power drain as well as the purchase
>> cost?)
>
> I have a 1GB GT220 but I've never seen any mention on the nvidia lists mythtv dev list or on here of anything that needs >512MB or would benefit from it, if there was I'd be using it. I got a GT220 pretty much as soon as they were available and the 1GB was the one in stock at the time.
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> The Nvidia 195 betas have support for multiple simultaneous vdpau streams, maybe Advanced 2x 1080i on two monitors (if that's even possible) would need >512MB but just wild speculation really :-)
>
> Andre


I've got a GT240 with 512MB, GDDR5.  I'm having no problems with that
amount of memory.