On Saturday 02 April 2011, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/01/2011 09:57 AM, C. Hurschler wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for an inexpensive alternative, does anyone have any > > experience with the GeForce 8400GS? > > I put a fanless 8400GS in my wife/kids' PC. It's cheap, handles compiz > just fine and playing videos with mplayer consumes an unmeasurable > amount of CPU when playing videos when hooked into the vdpau libraries. > > (I just got the GeForce 210 and notice that it's about 40% faster than > the 8400GS while running about 5C cooler.)
Thanks for the feedback, this is the kind of thing one never finds on the compatibility lists. I myself am looking for a passively cooled card that can do compositing and 3D for purposes of googl-earth (no gaming), and last but not least be able to play DVDs without hanging. C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201104021425.15814.list.hursch...@gmx.de
