[vdr] Re: Which card support XxMC and only take one slot ? (for HDTV)

[Gregoire Favre <Gregoire.Favre@freesurf.ch>]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:05:56PM +0100, Micael Beronius wrote:

> OK, did not get that part with the G550. It was a long time since I used a 
> Matrox card now. What I can confirm is that I have no problems what so ever 
> to play 1920x1080 material without xvmc on a P4/2.6GHz, using xv that is.
> Granted, with xvmc CPU usage goes down. But your CPU is much more powerful 
> than my P4.

Well, with xv I can play non-HDTV mpeg2 with very few CPU usage, but
without :-(

> Thing is that the noise is normally too small to be seen on a regular monitor, 
> so you can more or less (I would) disregard the noise part altoghether on 
> something like a 21" monitor. 

By noise, I mean the noise from the fan on the gfx card, I have read
ASUS one are really bad for that, and as my computer is very quiet, so I
don't want to buy a noisy gfx card...

> Well, with the fast pace that ATI and Nvidia are putting out new chip models, 
> there's really no time for the different manufacturers to design their own 
> boards, and it would make their profit less, so normally they all use 
> ATI/Nvidias reference design, which they get for free. 
> The difference are their component choise, such as capacitors, where there are 
> some difference. 
> If you look closely on their product pictures, you will see that the main 
> difference between the same kind of cards (5700Ultras for instance) is the 
> heat sink/fan which are designed in various ways. 

OK, thank you very much for the info :-)
So my choice will be for the quietest, I'll ask the vendor then.

> In my HTPC, I have a Leadtek WinFast A360 Ultra TDH, which I like, but there 
> are similar boards from other manufacturers. 

Great, then, Leadtek could be a good choice for me also then (but a
lower model...).

> Not necessary, but by choosing a better known brand such as Asus, Leadtek etc 
> you may perhaps have a lesser risk of getting the really cheap components. 

For there are no better know brand, my usual vendor has always been of
good advice, so I will follow it another time :-)

Thank you very much for your answer and happy VDR !!!
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	Grégoire Favre
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