On 01/24/2009 05:07 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
IMNSHO, unless this is a *workstation* where you do lots of OpenGL
visualization, or you are dual-booting to play Crysis, Linux users
just don't *need* uber-video performance.
Thus, I go for good-enough-but-silent over raw power which is overkill
99.999% of the time (especially if you use the nvidia driver).
>
So, the 8400 has a fan for cooling and the 7200 is passively cooled?
As you mentioned in your earlier email, some 7200s *are* actively
cooled. And this link shows that some 8xxx cards are passively cooled.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1305520548+1069609641+1295318921+106791921&Configurator=&Subcategory=48&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=
So, it's dependent on what the manufacturer wants to do with that
particular card.
NOTE!!!! Maybe I was wrong about the 8400GS.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=1
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