[mythtv-users] Recommendations for VDPAU board suitable for 1080i (Advanced 2x)

[R. G. Newbury]

On 01/12/2010 11:59 AM, Patrick Doyle wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Eric Sharkey<eric at lisaneric.org>  wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Donald J. Organ IV
>> <dorgan at donaldorgan.com>  wrote:
>>> There has been alot of talk about the GT 220 cards on here lately that should do the trick, although I dont know if they make a fanless model, but the are also cheap
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133303&cm_re=GT_220-_-14-133-303-_-Product
>>>
>>
>> There are reports of some GT 220s available in fanless varieties, but
>> they're not very common.  The GT 240s are available in fanless models
>> from newegg, but they're slightly less cheap.  A 1GB GT 240 fanless is
>> about $100.  It should be more than enough to get the job done.
>
> I only found one (GT 240).  Does anybody have any experience with the
> ZOTAC GeForce GT 240 (ZT-20404-20L)?
>
> What's the difference between a GT240 and a GT220 anyway?
>
> What's the difference between the 2xx series and the 9xxx series?
>> From the wiki, it seems that the 9600 should work as well, and I think
> I saw some of those (fanless) at Newegg.

I posted on the VDPAU wiki page, an image of a table provided by Zotac 
of specifications for the video cards it makes using NVidia chipsets, 
basically from the 9500GT up. There is effectively a 'dip' in the 
capabilities. At the moment a 9800GT series board would be the sweet 
spot of capabilities versus price as it beats the GT210, GT220 and 
possibly even the GT240 on memory bandwidth and shaders, the bits which 
the interlacing methods interact with.

Geoff


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