Am Sonntag, 15. April 2012, 09:18:15 schrieb Walter Dnes: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 06:30:02PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > > > Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2012, 02:11:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: > > > If it's PCIe, so be it. Actually, a post that prevents me wasting > > > > > > money is helpful <G>. Would PCIe be significantly better on the same > > > CPU+GPU, or is it hype? > > > > a lot, lot lot lot better. No hype. > > I've done some looking, and I'm back with more questions. I've also > read the Nouveau-versus-NVIDIA thread. Questions... > > 1) Will PCIe 2.0 cards work in a PCIe 1.0 slot?
yes > > 2) My main "torture test" will be HD fullscreen video. Will there be > major improvement in that? That's 2D. Forget 3D. > if you get va-api working. Is it mpeg4? > 3) The 2 lowest-priced Nvidia's at the local store are... > > Asus EN210 SILENT/DI/512MD3/V2(LP) NVIDIA GeForce 210 Chipset (589Mhz) > 512MB (1333Mhz) GDDR3 DVI/VGA/HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card > you could also stay with onboard graphics. > > and EVGA GeForce 8400GS 1GB (01G-P3-1302-LR) nVidia GeForce 8400GS > Chipset (520Mhz) 1GB (520Mhz) DDR3 Dual Display DVI/HDMI/VGA PCI Express > 2.0 Graphics Card you should stay with onboard graphics. > > Any preferences? yes, AMD, they support open source. also, va-api does work. -- #163933
