[ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

javadayaz javadayaz at gmail.com
Tue Nov 24 12:56:47 GMT 2009


i am using a core 2 duo at the mo...but no graphics card...i am using the
onboards graphics chip...I have been for the past few years in fact.

which is a better option. PCI express, AGP or standard PCI?


2009/11/24 Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk>

>  javadayaz wrote:
> > can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will
> > display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to display on 40" screen.
> > pref on ebay.
> >
> > Easily set up on Ubuntu will be a plus!
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Javad
> Do you want PCI express, AGP or standard PCI?
>
> I'd suggest looking at the NVidia cards, I gather the 8400 or 9400 offer
> HD acceleration with VDPAU (which is supported as far as I know by
> MythTV and MPlayer).  VDPAU offloads some of the decoding of HD video to
> the graphics card...
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=1
>
> NVidia have released a new range of Geforce cards, I believe the
> cheapest is the Geforce 210 although these seem to be going for about
> £30 to £40 at the moment.
>
> If you wanted a card about £20 you'd probably be looking at a Geforce
> 8400 or something along those lines.
>
> Saying that, if you have a reasonable spec CPU (Core 2 Duo, Athlon X2)
> and a recent ish graphics card you should be able to play HD video
> anyway, it just might have a higher CPU usage.
>
> Rob
>
>
> Rob
>
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-- 
Regards

Javad
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