Igor Nikanov wrote:
E.g. 8500-series seems very good alternative. Don't know whether there is linux support for it yet.
yes, as far as I understand this link http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=91896 there's linux drivers for this card, but the support of technology for h264 acceleration - NVIDIA® PureVideo™ didn't include in it :(
Well, this is hardly news to me. None of these advanced features are implemented in Linux drivers for some reason. Same goes for AMD/ATI.
I'm hoping that Intel makes an exception with their 3000 series. It may not be fast in 3D but if they provide open source driver with accelerated decoding of HD materian then I'll switch to Intel the second. There should be either available or to become available also a stand-alone card and not just a mboard with integrated solution (this does not interest me due other reasons).
Br, Pasi