i'd personally stick with nvidia. should be able to pick up a VDPAU capable one for £30 or so (~$35).<br>i had an ATI card but replaced with nvidia as it's a whole lot more linux friendly.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 5 June 2011 02:59, Douglas Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Never mind, it is PCIe not agp, increasing my odds of finding a card.<br>
<br>
So: ATI 1300 cards any good?<br>
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On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Douglas Wagner <<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'd definately need a low profile card. The agp 16 riser card that<br>
> provides dvi on the box is without question low profile.<br>
><br>
> I do have a couple of ati 1300's that I got at the same place as i got<br>
> the 755 that are low profile, but I know NOTHING about ATI cards (I've<br>
> always purchased nvidia).<br>
><br>
> How's that card spec? It's probably at least a couple years old? Is<br>
> it accelerated like the nvidias are? How tough is it going to be to<br>
> find a low profile nvidia card that runs off of agp 16x (I THINK the<br>
> slot is agp)<br>
><br>
> --Doug<br>
><br>
> On Friday, June 3, 2011, Matt Emmott <<a href="mailto:memmott@gmail.com">memmott@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Douglas Wagner <<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> All:<br>
>><br>
>> Looking for a fast answer: Anyone out there using a Dell Optiplex 755 as a front end for HD OTA TV/Recordings? I know the CPU should work (Dual Core 2.33Ghz) and memory/etc isn't a problem, but i'm worried about the DVI Output/Built in Intel Chipset (Intel Q35 Express).<br>
>><br>
>> It's a supported chip under Ubuntu (Running it at work) but I don't know what kind of performance it'll get running HD over Network from a backend?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> My home PC is an Optiplex 745 with a C2D 2.4GHZ. It has a GeForce card, but when using the Windows port of the Myth FE, it renders using the CPU only. I find that it's just barely enough to render H.264 recordings from my HD-PVR. It will work, but can get choppy once in a while and makes the box useless to use as a PC at the same time (which might not be of concern to you).<br>
>><br>
>> I believe you'd be doing CPU rendering with that chipset but somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I also don't know if there's more special sauce in Linux vs. Windows as far as CPU optimizations go.<br>
>><br>
>> The rest of the machine is solid, you could always put a GT430 in there for around $60 if performance isn't quite what you need, although check to see if you need a low-profile card, which I did.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
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