[mythtv-users] ATI HD4870 - Better than a nVidia 8200 for HD playback?

[Jongi]

On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 04:42 +1000, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> 2009/9/6 Jongi <jongitech at gmail.com>:
> > I have an ATI HD4870 512MB which I am about to sell. But before I do I
> > thought let me find out whether it would be an improvement in playing
> > 720p/1080p content compared to the nVidia 8200?
> 
> your nvidia while very low end, can do to the decoding of most video
> content which your ATI card won't (at least under linux).
> 
> So for mythtv, currently a 8200 is a much better solution thanks to vdpau.
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I suspected as much. Thanks.