<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Another issue is that EN still requires an add-on board for<br>DVI/component output (needed for HD?) where the EX will have these at
<br>the backplate. EX is still very new and driver support will be<br>incomplete I guess?</blockquote><div><br>Well, first off, be aware that at least EN12000EG can only accelerate MPEG2 up to a framesize of 1024x1024, thanks to limitations in the chipset (which is a VM800). So *that* particular board can't do HD, anyway (as for as I'm aware). .
<br><br></div>As for DVI daughtercards, again, you'd need to check the mailing list to see what the driver supports. The cards are definitely supported on some chipsets, but I'm not sure exactly which.<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
As I don't have real HD sources yet (no broadcasts, no blueray or hddvd<br>rips) I guess the EN will just be the speedup of the SP? (800 -> 1200<br>Mhz). HD content is still rare here so I guess EX can wait...<br></blockquote>
</div><br>Yeah, I opted for the EN because I wanted the extra horsepower for decoding MPEG4 (my CPU hits about 75% decoding MPEG4 at NTSC resolutions) and running things like emulators.<br><br>Brett.<br>