[mythtv-users] Graphic cards supporting VDPAU and sound over HDMI

Peter Carlsson maillist.peter at home.se
Mon Mar 29 17:50:58 UTC 2010


On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:00:33 -0500, Marc Randolph <mrand at pobox.com> wrote:

> > Sorry about the late response. I never received any response about my
> > question regarding GDDR3 vs GDDR5. Just wondering if anyone knows if
> > MythTV will benefit for one or the other. Is there anything else that
> > is better (power consumption, heat, etcetera) for one or the other?
> 
> Mors Peter,

Hejsan :)

> Ignoring the fact that the question is actually unanswerable because
> power consumption of an overall card depends on many factors
> (including how much memory is installed), there are indeed throughput
> and heat differences between the two - but if you aren't going to
> dual-boot and run the very latest generation of Windows-only games,
> you don't care.  Instead, compare the power consumption, noise level,
> number of outputs, size, shape, and color of the overall cards.

Good advice!

> Said another way, even with VDPAU, MythTV is not doing anything that
> justifies the benefits of any particular memory type to begin with,
> much less GDDR3 or GDDR5.

That's actually all I need to know. Since I will upgrade my current
hardware I don't want to buy something that barely manage what I
want it to do (Advanced 2X de-interlacing on 1080p). I want to buy
something "future-proof".

/Peter


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