[mythtv-users] graphics card memory needed for VDPAU & HDPVR

Andy Zobro ajzobro at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 23:59:54 UTC 2008


On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Maclaren, James M <maclaren at tulane.edu>wrote:

>  I have been reading about people's success with various nvidia cards.  As
> I would need a PCI card in my machine I am interested in experiences with a
>  GeForce 8400 card, VDPAU & HDPVR recordings.  It seems like this would
> allow me to upgrade my via epia m10000 frontend.  My question is:  is 256MB
> sufficient or do I need a 512MB card.  My understanding is the CPU
> speed/horsepower is not critical for the decoding as it is all done on the
> card. The former can be found fanless and PCI the latter not.  I'd prefer
> fanless but don't want to drop $60 on something that won't be suitable.  Any
> advice appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> James
>
>
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A fanless solution that's been reported to work by some (back in stock at
newegg!):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187042
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