From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MgiBh-0005zk-VB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:51:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 928C6E0B09; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:00:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPaqm3.telefonica.net (impaqm3.telefonica.net [213.4.129.18]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140A9E0B14 for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:00:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from IMPmailhost5.adm.correo ([10.20.102.126]) by IMPaqm3.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id ZX2y1c00X2jdgqJ3Pa0CEB; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:12 +0200 Received: from jesgue.homelinux.org ([78.136.66.163]) by IMPmailhost5.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id Za0B1c00D3XLmEe1la0CmP; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:12 +0200 X-TE-authinfo: authemail="i92guboj.terra.es" |auth_email="i92guboj@terra.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitera01" Received: from 192.168.0.10 (SquirrelMail authenticated user i92guboj) by jesgue.homelinux.org with HTTP; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:12 +0200 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <58965d8a0908270849g600521d9j41ac0d1b7ddf5c04@mail.gmail.com> References: <200908250133.23329.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <200908261813.52044.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> <652883.3253.qm@web65401.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> <58965d8a0908270849g600521d9j41ac0d1b7ddf5c04@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:12 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Heads-up: KDEers: Particularly kde3-ers, From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jes=FAs_Guerrero?= To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.2 [SVN] Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 317c458e-616c-4612-b9b2-bdf6f7999c4b X-Archives-Hash: 9b1d5d895592ecf0140eaa0ec022d8b5 On Thu, August 27, 2009 17:49, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:16 AM, BRM wrote: > >> Not everyone upgrades their video card every 6 months. >> Most probably get a video card upgrade only when they buy a new >> computer; and most don't buy a new computer every other year either, >> probably more like 4 years or so. > > You can get a GeForce 9600 for around USD$50, which comes near the > performance of the famously-expensive 8800 series (or at least near eno= ugh > for costing hundreds of dollars less), and has an H.264 decoder so you = can > use vdpau with mplayer or mythtv to allow even very slow computers to p= lay > high-res video smoothly. Many people spend that much to fill up their > automobile or go out to to the movies or a dinner with the family. I do= n't > think it's an incomprehensible amount of money to spend on something th= at > will greatly improve performance on your computer for quite a long time= , > but I also understand that everyone has their own budget to live by, > things are more expensive in some countries, and some people are not > technically inclined or physically able to do things like changing a vi= deo > card. You also forgot that not everyone has a pci-e slot, which is the only way to use these new cards. The rest of the mortals are limited to 7xxx serie= s at most, and only if they have the extreme luck of finding an agp based card, which is an odyssey nowadays. Well, there's ati as well, up to 2600= , at least supports agp, if you are brave enough. --=20 Jes=FAs Guerrero