Video Card Recommendations

[Colin McGregor]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:11 AM, ted leslie <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391
>
> i had same criteria, and got this a few months ago for 230$, now it 200$,
> sweet card! entry level of nvidia on their new processor series,
> outstanding value.
> quality manufacturer and excellent cooling.
>
> tl

Nice card, but sounds like overkill to me. I would be be looking for a
card that supports VDPAU as the MythTV folks have made it clear that
in future releases of MythTV they will want video cards that have
hardware video decode support. SOME of the GeForce 8xxx series cards
support VDPAU, and almost everything post 8xxx support VDPAU...

Colin.

> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:04 AM, William O'Higgins Witteman
> <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I am looking for a recommendation for a new video card, and I hope that
>> the intrepid TLUG can help.
>>
>> Requirements:
>> I would like to, eventually, be able to run a 1080p TV as a second
>> monitor.  This is probably the tricky bit - but all of the cards I read
>> about say Dual, and I don't know who to trust.
>>
>> Can run a few basic games - I have bought the Humble Indie Bundle the
>> last two years, and some of the games exceed the capabilities of my
>> onboard Intel GMA 3100 (though Aquaria, World of Goo, Gish, Machinarium,
>> Osmos (a really beautiful game) and Samrost all work perfectly).
>>
>> PCI-e x16 is available on my motherboard.
>>
>> I'd prefer to spend less money rather than more.  I assume that an
>> nVidia powered card is what I want - I plan to use the open source
>> driver unless it is absolutely necessary.  I have a 22" LCD right now,
>> running at 1680x1050, but it may get upgraded at some point.
>>
>> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
>> --
>>
>> yours,
>>
>> William
>>
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