[mythtv-users] 8400GS -> GT 430 -> ?? (60Hz, VDPAU High Quality)

[blind Pete]

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Alexander Fisher wrote:
> On 9 June 2012 22:00, Evuraan <evuraan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I run 0.23.0+fixes24158-0ubuntu2 (cant upgrade yet), on ubuntu 12.04
> > lucid, and was using an nvidia 8400 GS, (vdpau slim), and went to
> > nvidia GT430 (VDPAU High Quality) two days ago after
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU seemed to qualify GT430 as a decent
> > card.
> >
> > [   17.819394] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  295.53
> > Fri May 11 23:13:15 PDT 2012
> >
> >
> > (1) Now that I look in the mailing list archives, there seems to be
> > talks about GT430 having issues in 60Hz countries, (I live in one,
> > US),
> > (2) I was getting tons of "NVP(6): prebuffering pause" messages, but
> > setting vdpaubuffersize=32 improved the situation
> > (3) I still experience random pauses while playing 1080 OTA
> > recordings, and with these corresponding entries  in my log
> >     2012-06-09 13:35:16.303 WriteAudio: buffer underrun
> >
> > Considering those, and that I can return the GT430 w/o $$ penalty and
> > get/exchange_for a better & suitable card, I wanted to reach out for
> > suggestion.
> >
> > What's a better(!) card for use in the USA, I am looking to use VDPAU
> > High Quality?
> 
> Hi
> 
> Asus do a fanless GT440.
> http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/ENGT440_DC_SLDI1GD3/
> 
> It's not much more expensive.  Perhaps it will give the extra boost in
> performance you need?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Alex

You can get a fanless GTS450, which I assume is better again.  
<http://www.quietpc.com/products/vga-cards/zo-gt450>  
Although nVidia's numbering scheme is a bit confusing.  
Does anyone have a list of model numbers necessary for 
different degrees of perfection?  

-- 
blind Pete  
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