2009-03-08, 00:23
Well, your card is based on the G9x core - it is a newer revision. Mine is based on the G80 core and while it has PureVideo HD, the drivers don't seem to support it and the VDPAU API.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU
Although that article was only making reference to driver 180.06, but I don't think I've seen any notes in the newer driver's changelogs to indicate otherwise.
It is a good card for gaming - but that's what the machine it's in is for, and the CPU can handle 1080p decodes on it's own . I would have liked to get a GPU I can test VDPAU on so that I can gauge it's performance and expected performance on GeForce9400/Atom for myself.
Anyways, we'll see what cheap cards float my way
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU
Quote:Unsupported hardware from the GeForce 8 series includes the 8800GTS 320/640MB editions and the 8800GTX. Later cards based on the G9x series cores eg the 8400GS and the 8800GTS 512mb (G92 core) are supported. Nvidia currently has no plans to introduce support for the unsupported hardware.The 8800GTX and 8800GTS 312/684 were the first cards released in the 8000 series, so they're older.
Although that article was only making reference to driver 180.06, but I don't think I've seen any notes in the newer driver's changelogs to indicate otherwise.
It is a good card for gaming - but that's what the machine it's in is for, and the CPU can handle 1080p decodes on it's own . I would have liked to get a GPU I can test VDPAU on so that I can gauge it's performance and expected performance on GeForce9400/Atom for myself.
Anyways, we'll see what cheap cards float my way