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Paul Hartman schrieb: |
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> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:16 AM, BRM<bm_witness@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Not everyone upgrades their video card every 6 months. |
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>> Most probably get a video card upgrade only when they buy a new computer; |
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>> and most don't buy a new computer every other year either, probably more like 4 years or so. |
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> You can get a GeForce 9600 for around USD$50, which comes near the |
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> performance of the famously-expensive 8800 series (or at least near |
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> enough for costing hundreds of dollars less), and has an H.264 decoder |
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> so you can use vdpau with mplayer or mythtv to allow even very slow |
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> computers to play high-res video smoothly. |
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Many mainboards from that time only have AGP not PCI-E and to get a 9600 |
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with AGP is not easy or even possible, so that is not really a option. |
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And even if it is possible why trash a card that most of the time works |
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and needs only a fraction of the power of a modern card? |
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Greetings |
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Sebastian |
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