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On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Am 15.04.2012 15:18, schrieb Walter Dnes: |
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>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 06:30:02PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote |
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>>> Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2012, 02:11:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: |
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>>>> If it's PCIe, so be it. Actually, a post that prevents me wasting |
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>>>> money is helpful <G>. Would PCIe be significantly better on the same |
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>>>> CPU+GPU, or is it hype? |
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>>> a lot, lot lot lot better. No hype. |
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>> I've done some looking, and I'm back with more questions. I've also |
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>> read the Nouveau-versus-NVIDIA thread. Questions... |
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>> 1) Will PCIe 2.0 cards work in a PCIe 1.0 slot? I'm not expecting 2.0 |
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>> performance, I just want full backwards compatability. PCIe 1.0 cards |
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>> seem to be rare, and have to be ordered online, while I can pick up a |
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>> 2.0 card locally at a store. |
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> PCIe-2.0 is fully downward compatible to 1.1 and 1.0. |
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>> 2) My main "torture test" will be HD fullscreen video. Will there be |
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>> major improvement in that? That's 2D. Forget 3D. |
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> 2D video is still rendered using OpenGL if your video player supports it. |
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I'm not aware of any video decoders using CUDA, OpenCL, or pixel |
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shaders for video decoding; AFAIK, unless you're using VDPAU you're |
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still using the CPU to render the video to a frame buffer. The most a |
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video player is going to use OpenGL for is stretching that frame |
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buffer to fit a window or screen, and possibly as a compositor to |
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place overlays like subtitles or playback control elements.. |
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>> 3) The 2 lowest-priced Nvidia's at the local store are... |
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>> Asus EN210 SILENT/DI/512MD3/V2(LP) NVIDIA GeForce 210 Chipset (589Mhz) |
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>> 512MB (1333Mhz) GDDR3 DVI/VGA/HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card |
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>> and EVGA GeForce 8400GS 1GB (01G-P3-1302-LR) nVidia GeForce 8400GS |
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>> Chipset (520Mhz) 1GB (520Mhz) DDR3 Dual Display DVI/HDMI/VGA PCI Express |
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>> 2.0 Graphics Card |
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>> Any preferences? |
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> 1GB of GPU RAM looks like overkill if you just want to watch videos. I |
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> suggest selecting the model which is cheaper, has more connectors or is |
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> more silent. |
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Yeah, RAM isn't going to be the issue here. |
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Honestly, this is the card I'd recommend if you're not doing any heavy gaming. |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125402 |
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It's cheap, dead quiet and has full hardware decode of h.264. |
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