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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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> 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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Regards, |
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Florian Philipp |