2009-07-18, 04:04
After reading a lot about VDPAU capable gpu's and integrated gpu's. I'm still not certain what the pro and cons are of each of the following four choices. Who can fill in the blancs?
Onboard gpu's
= 8300 igp (integrated graphic processor)=
+ Cheap (motherboard prices start at 50 euro)
- uses the G98 chip, which has a problem showing normally unused resolutions
- uses slightly more power than the 9400 igp
- igp is not to powerfull, only possible to play very light games
= 9400 igp =
- expensive (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H = 123 euro)
+ uses slightly less power than the 8300
+ populair chipset (well tested)
+ more powerfull than the 8300 (possible to play light to medium games)
PCI-e cards
Geforce 8400 GS 512mb passive
+ cheap (30 euro)
+ low power usages
- same bug as 8300 igpu
- low power usage, but uses more than above igpu's
Geforce 9400Gt 512mb passive
+ cheap (40 euro)
+ capable of doing 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- uses more power than the 8400
Geforce 9500gt 512mb passive
+ cheap (43 euro)
+ capable of doing 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- uses more energy than the 8400 but not significanly more than the 9400 GT
+ runs most games in low resolutions
questions:
- sound over hdmi , does this work with all of above options?
- I've read somewhere that the igpu's can't do 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- What else is important to look at?
Onboard gpu's
= 8300 igp (integrated graphic processor)=
+ Cheap (motherboard prices start at 50 euro)
- uses the G98 chip, which has a problem showing normally unused resolutions
- uses slightly more power than the 9400 igp
- igp is not to powerfull, only possible to play very light games
= 9400 igp =
- expensive (Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H = 123 euro)
+ uses slightly less power than the 8300
+ populair chipset (well tested)
+ more powerfull than the 8300 (possible to play light to medium games)
PCI-e cards
Geforce 8400 GS 512mb passive
+ cheap (30 euro)
+ low power usages
- same bug as 8300 igpu
- low power usage, but uses more than above igpu's
Geforce 9400Gt 512mb passive
+ cheap (40 euro)
+ capable of doing 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- uses more power than the 8400
Geforce 9500gt 512mb passive
+ cheap (43 euro)
+ capable of doing 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- uses more energy than the 8400 but not significanly more than the 9400 GT
+ runs most games in low resolutions
questions:
- sound over hdmi , does this work with all of above options?
- I've read somewhere that the igpu's can't do 2* vdpau de-interlacing
- What else is important to look at?