[mythtv-users] Will nvidia 7600GS reduce CPU load over 6200 (both AGP) in an older, underpowered machine?

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Brad DerManouelian wrote at about 07:20:37 -0800 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008:
 > On Dec 9, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
 > 
 > > Now that I finally have 1080i playing mostly without audio buffer
 > > underruns and prebuffering pauses with my 6200 AGP card, I am
 > > wondering whether upgrading to a 7600 AGP card will reduce
 > > mythfrontend CPU load further?
 > >
 > > With extra audio buffering added, the playback on 6200 is now
 > > passable provided I turn on XvMC and make sure that nothing else is  
 > > using
 > > the CPU. It truly appears to be CPU limited (I have a P4 2.8GHz) as
 > > follows:
 > > 		Mythfrontend: 60-65%
 > > 		Mythbackend: 8-10%
 > > 		Pluseaudio: 8-10%
 > > 		X: 4-6%
 > >
 > > I would really like to get some extra CPU margin.
 > >
 > > Would a 7600GS AGP card enable further offloading of CPU usage or will
 > > it have limited to no effect in mythtv?
 > > (note I have no interest in 3D gaming)
 > >
 > > Would any other (< $100) card be likely to help me extend the life of
 > > this older machine?
 > 
 > A 7600 would give no benefit over a 6200 in MythTV. If you want to  
 > upgrade get a card with a GPU that supports VDPAU. Even though you  
 > will have to wait until the next version of MythTV to use it, it will  
 > be there and ready for you when it happens.
 > 
 > A list of supported cards are here
 > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Vdpau#Supported_Cards
 > 
 > -Brad

Thanks - no AGP cards I see.
So it seems like I am at the end of the line and will need to bite the
bullet to upgrade or just use mplayer for playback since it seems to
use a little less CPU (not sure why though).