<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Raymond Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raymond@wagnerrp.com">raymond@wagnerrp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">On 10/28/2009 10:35, James Stembridge wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">2009/10/28 Greg Grotsky<<a href="mailto:spikeygg@gmail.com" target="_blank">spikeygg@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote"> I tried an 8400GS to begin with after hearing all the whoop-de-doo on<br>VDPAU. I realized right away that it was not what I expected so I returned<br>
it and purchased a 9500GT (this one) and I've been using it since June.<br> <br></blockquote>What problems did you have with the 8400GS? As far as I can tell it<br>should be better than the 9500GT for VDPAU.<br> <br>
</blockquote><br></div>That used to be the case, when only the late rev 8400GS was capable of VC-1 decoding. Now the bitstream decoding that was lacking in the other cards is performed inside the driver, and it doesn't matter.<br>
<br>As to other problems, the 8400GS is a bit underpowered to manage high resolution complex deinterlacers. Consult the multitude of mailing list threads, and wiki entries for more information on that.
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<div>Raymond nailed it. I really wanted to use advanced deint, the 8400GS didn't have enough... hutzpa. The 9500GT does 2x, no problem.</div>
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<div> I thought it would be better to have a passive heatsink than to have the power, I was wrong. In fact, it was a forced upgrade because my old passive heatsink nvidia card gave up the ghost when the caps above the hot chip busted open (1.5 years old).</div>
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<div>-Greg</div></div>