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popper · 28-03-2009, 22:49

my edit went wrong and i can tbe bothered to retype it.....

basicly , sure , and my assumption and advice stems from the fact he mentions HD playback so he might want to decode HD on one of the cards he has.

the "VDPAU" ASIC is a known quantity, the developer docs are available and the 3rd partys are adding and improving "VDPAU" assisted HW decoding too open and closed apps right now.

were as the ATI/AMD "UVD" ASIC, as of right now theres no documentation for it as yet, unless the devs sign an NDA, and even then,the docs are very limited, very little if any apps work with the ATI Avivo or the "UVD" ASIC come to that, so given the 3 cards mentioned, the one with 3rd party support and VDPAU" ASIC, the 8400GS seems to win out as "Which is the better card " if 3rd party apps/HD AVC video playback is also a requirement/wish...

28-03-2009, 22:49	#8
popper Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: x1300 or 8400GS my edit went wrong and i can tbe bothered to retype it..... basicly , sure , and my assumption and advice stems from the fact he mentions HD playback so he might want to decode HD on one of the cards he has. the "VDPAU" ASIC is a known quantity, the developer docs are available and the 3rd partys are adding and improving "VDPAU" assisted HW decoding too open and closed apps right now. were as the ATI/AMD "UVD" ASIC, as of right now theres no documentation for it as yet, unless the devs sign an NDA, and even then,the docs are very limited, very little if any apps work with the ATI Avivo or the "UVD" ASIC come to that, so given the 3 cards mentioned, the one with 3rd party support and VDPAU" ASIC, the 8400GS seems to win out as "Which is the better card " if 3rd party apps/HD AVC video playback is also a requirement/wish...