[mythtv-users] Intel Releases Programmers Reference Manual

[Brian Wood]

Tom Greer wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 6:58 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org 
> <mailto:beww at beww.org>> wrote:
> 
>     John Drescher wrote:
> 
>      >
>      > I consider intel graphics 2 to 3 years behind ATI and nVidia in
>     3D but
>      > it is unclear how much this effects 2D.
> 
>     I think Intel pretty much concentrated on the "business graphics" end of
>     things while ATI and nVidia went after the gaming market (or the CAD
>     market if you look at the Quadro series).
> 
>     Unfortunately nobody seems to have gone after the video (as in TV)
>     segment of the market to any great extent.
> 
>     beww
> 
> 
>  From a business perspective why should any of these vendors invest a 
> lot of money in optimizing TV video when there are numerous posts here 
> and elsewhere the an nVidia FX-5200 card is sufficient.

Agreed, the 5200 is as good as you need for MPEG2, though I think we 
will see some moves towards H264 acceleration.

> 
> If I were making R&D decisions, I'd go after the gaming market where 
> people are willing to pay megabucks to upgrade/replace their video cards 
> regularly.  Or the business market where I could sell low cost cards in 
> volume.

True, the video market is not that large, and the people on this list 
are not the type to be swayed by marketing hype, or go for the "my 
card's bigger than your card" thinking.

> 
> It's not like we will all run out and buy new hardware just because they 
> made the drivers better.  And even if we did, there aren't enough of us 
> to be a significant revenue stream.
> 
> Open sourcing the drivers is our best hope for improvement in this area.

Also agreed. No sane company will put resources into something that 
produces no revenue. I do wonder how much Hauppauge makes from Myth 
users, as opposed to Windows buyers.

I was just pointing out why the Intel video devices don't seem to be 
aimed at 3D apps.

beww