[mythtv-users] Which nVidia card?

[Mark]

On 03/07/2012 12:25 PM, Scott Chevalley wrote:
> On 03/07/2012 12:31 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 00:43, Pieter De Wit<pieter at insync.za.net>  wrote:
>> ....
>>> Hi Simon,
>>>
>>> It had faster ram :) Should have put that in the previous email. The 220
>>> will do what you need too :)
>>>
>>> I wanted to do 1080, with HDMI audio, both the 430 and the 450 "handles"
>>> it on paper. I can assure you the 450 does. I would not doubt the 430
>>> can do it.
>> In 50Hz countries, for deinterlacing, the 430 has been reported
>> to have enough headroom to work well.  In 60Hz countries, the
>> 430 has been reported to not always be capable of glitch-free
>> display when doing deinterlacing.  The 220 is an older design,
>> and while it cannot do HDMI audio, it is a far more capable
>> card for deinterlacing (more than fast enough for all countries).
>>
>> Unfortunately, in the nVidia marketing world, while one might
>> think a 2x0 ->  4x0 ->  5x0 ->  6x0 would imply similar or better
>> performance, it is not true for all types of uses (deinterlacing
>> being just one example).  Fermi was definitely worse than
>> its predecessor for deinterlacing.  AFAIK there have been no
>> reliable reports as to whether Kepler will be better or worse
>> than Fermi (although the anecdotal evidence suggests, as
>> the move to Fermi showed, it will depend on the particular
>> codes).
>>
>> Gary
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> I've got two GT210 cards doing HDMI audio just fine and so far I'm not noticing
> any issues with full HD output, although there is a stutter at the end of a
> show, which I believe is backend related.
>
> Scott
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Interesting.  I assumed that a 210 was quite a bit less powerful than a 
430 and not enough for 1080 output.
Thoughts on that?  The 210 would be ideal if they are good enough.