[mythtv-users] Slightly OT - How do I determine chipset of an nVidia card before I buy

[Allen Edwards]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Allen Edwards
> <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I understand that the 8400GS nvidia cards can have different cores,
> >> and that G98 is the one to get.
> >>
> >> So how do I tell before purchase what is inside the card?
> >>
> >> (on topicness = I am going to use it to test vdpau :)
> >>
> >> Nick.
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> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121235
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133245
> >
> > --->  Core clock: 567MHz  <---
>
> and? is that good or bad?
>


Sorry, These are G98 cards and you can tell it is one of the new cards
because it has a 567 MHz clock.
For example, this one
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=2038&l1=2&l2=6&l3=551&l4=0
has a 500MHz core clock (Engine Clock) so it is not the one to get.

Allen
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