[mythtv-users] CPU & CPU Temp

[Mr. Vining]

On Apr 10, 2009, at 7:53 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:

> Hi
>
> 2009/4/11 Mr. Vining <myth-user-discussion at mrvining.com>:
>> Well now I'm torn...  I was searching for a min of 64 pixels  
>> shaders, partly
>> cuz I'm just overkill like that and partly cuz I was crossing my  
>> fingers in
>> hopes that VDPAU would support picture-in-picture soon (was told  
>> it doesn't
>> as of right now, haven't really looked into it).  Ultimately I  
>> want to be
>> able to rip some of my Blu-rays so I can just hit up the menu and  
>> watch them
>> without having to get up (I'm disabled and sometimes getting up is  
>> a big
>> deal). I just want to make sure I'll be able to use some pretty high
>> compression and still have enough head room left over during  
>> playback to do
>> jumping jacks.  My biggest issue is that if I end up having to buy  
>> a 2nd one
>
> All VDPAU cards can do h264 and vc-1 decoding ; including the very  
> cheap 8400.
>
> Decoding bluray shouldn't be your concern ...
> I would go for a fanless 9500GT if you can...
>
> Or better, an older 8600GT fanless if you can still find them

Okay so how about:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16813128363
I've googled it quite a bit, not finding much response regarding  
Linux / Myth / VDPAU.  Lot's of people say it works well with WMC but  
that doesn't help me much.