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Paul Gardiner wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>><br>> For SD decode, I'm using ffmpeg and opengl on a Radeon 9000, and<br>> getting superb results - best I've had out of MythTV. But the<br>> card is AGP and it's really difficult to get an mATX motherboard<br>> with AGP these days. I was thinking of buying a PCI Radeon 9200.<br>> Is there any chance that PCI will have sufficient bandwidth? I<br>> reckon it would be fine if I was doing the decode on the gpu,<br>> but presumably the combination of ffmpeg and opengl, means<br>> sending decoded frames between cpu and gpu.<br>><br>> Failing that, anyone know of a nice slim case that will take<br>> a full-size ATX motherboard?<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> Paul.<br>><br>> <br>If you are buying a new motherboard why not buy one with PCI-E and/or a <br>built in GeForce8series+ and then you don't have to worry about PCI or <br>AGP. This way when Myth .22 arrives you get all the benefits of VDPAU <br>(if you decide to move to HD) and you have a machine that can function <br>right now. <br><br>Is the Radeon 9200 even supported by ATI drivers in Linux anymore?<br><br>I have a PCI video card and without VDPAU using mythtv it was fairly <br>useless (with XV).<br>PCI-E Nvidia 8 series cards can be had for $30-$40, really no reason to <br>go any other way.<br><br>Lee<br><br><br /><hr />It’s the same Hotmail®. If by “same” you mean up to 70% faster. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008' target='_new'>Get your account now.</a></body>
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