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

[Tom Dexter]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Brian Long <briandlong at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
>> After reading this thread, it makes me think this wiki article has incorrect
>> information about which cards offer Advanced 2X without artefacts:
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/VDPAU#Card_status
>>
>> Specifically should the GT430/Advanced (2x) entry be updated with a caveat?
>
> As I think I suggested in another thread, a missing column in
> the table is the content frequency.  The GT430(*) is reportedly
> adequate in 50Hz content countries.  And then there is the column
> that reflects ones tolerance to jitter.  Some never see what others
> cringe at (this column would be hard to objectively evaluate).  And
> then there is the column for ability to sync to the actual frequency
> (not 30Hz, but 29.997, not 60Hz by 59.94Hz), and the obvious ones
> like HDMI audio support.
>
> I, for one, would welcome someone trying to codify the various caveats,
> but, unfortunately, I suspect the table would need to be 5+ dimensional,
> or the caveats would each need their own wiki article (and that even
> presumes one could agree on the caveats("citation needed")).
>
> Gary
>
> (*) The "standard" GT430.  There are those overclocked, underclocked,
> using different memories, etc.

I just recently started using VDPAU for the first time after buying a
GT430 card.  Based on that wiki page (actually until reading this
thread) I thought I was buying a card capable of just about
everything.  I'm just lucky that all the OTA 1080i content I pick up
here (the NY area stations) are all 29.997...no idea if I'd have
issues otherwise.

By the way: My card is small a small form factor, low profile card,
but it does in fact have a fan.  However, especially compared to the
CPU fan noise I used to get with CPU based de-interlacing, my current
set up is essentially dead silent.

Tom