Re: [gentoo-user] PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

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.

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