but you can say similar things about gpu vs cpu in may different ways ;)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Nicolas Will <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nico@youplala.net">nico@youplala.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 10:27 -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:<br>
> >>> But going with a cheaper CPU, a cheap GPU that can assist HD<br>
> decoding<br>
> >>> gives less noise and less money spent.<br>
> >><br>
> >> But GPU fans aren't exactly silent, either.<br>
> ><br>
> > They are when you have a fanless card.<br>
><br>
> It seems like if you're doing something heavy-duty like video<br>
> decoding,<br>
> though, it's gonna need a fan. After all, you're just transferring<br>
> load<br>
> from the CPU to the GPU.<br>
<br>
</div>But the GPU has specialized wired circuitry do do it better, faster and<br>
with less efforts than a GPU.<br>
<br>
Nico<br>
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