2014-12-14, 17:29
Yeah, yeah, I know Quadro cards are for professional CAD software and whatnot, but when the price can't be beat, what's not to like? (I'm talking about less than $10 in TOTAL). Besides, I'm not going to be gaming on it. I just need a REALLY cheap 1080p video card with full hardware decoding acceleration, for Youtube, XBMC, etc (and I'm talking about $10-or-less cheap, used. off eBay).
Quick specs on the Quadro NVS 295:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_qua...95_us.html
This card also supports Feature Set B, which is:
"Supports complete acceleration for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VC-1/WMV9 and H.264.
Note that all Feature Set B hardware cannot decode H.264 for the following widths: 769-784, 849-864, 929-944, 1009-1024, 1793-1808, 1873-1888, 1953-1968, 2033-2048 pixels"
Thoughts? Comments?
I'm going to be using the card in a P4 3.06GHz HT socket LGA 775. It's a semi-ancient pc, I know, but it does have a PCI-E slot and could play 1080p videos with only ~30% CPU usage with a GT430 (which I gave to my sister for a low-end gaming pc. It plays Dead Space 1/2/3 and a whole buncha other games on max quality with a dual-core Athlon 64).
Quick specs on the Quadro NVS 295:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_qua...95_us.html
This card also supports Feature Set B, which is:
"Supports complete acceleration for MPEG-1, MPEG-2, VC-1/WMV9 and H.264.
Note that all Feature Set B hardware cannot decode H.264 for the following widths: 769-784, 849-864, 929-944, 1009-1024, 1793-1808, 1873-1888, 1953-1968, 2033-2048 pixels"
Thoughts? Comments?
I'm going to be using the card in a P4 3.06GHz HT socket LGA 775. It's a semi-ancient pc, I know, but it does have a PCI-E slot and could play 1080p videos with only ~30% CPU usage with a GT430 (which I gave to my sister for a low-end gaming pc. It plays Dead Space 1/2/3 and a whole buncha other games on max quality with a dual-core Athlon 64).
