On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 06:30:02PM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote > Am Mittwoch, 11. April 2012, 02:11:35 schrieb Walter Dnes: > > > > If it's PCIe, so be it. Actually, a post that prevents me wasting > > money is helpful <G>. Would PCIe be significantly better on the same > > CPU+GPU, or is it hype? > > a lot, lot lot lot better. No hype.
I've done some looking, and I'm back with more questions. I've also read the Nouveau-versus-NVIDIA thread. Questions... 1) Will PCIe 2.0 cards work in a PCIe 1.0 slot? I'm not expecting 2.0 performance, I just want full backwards compatability. PCIe 1.0 cards seem to be rare, and have to be ordered online, while I can pick up a 2.0 card locally at a store. 2) My main "torture test" will be HD fullscreen video. Will there be major improvement in that? That's 2D. Forget 3D. 3) The 2 lowest-priced Nvidia's at the local store are... Asus EN210 SILENT/DI/512MD3/V2(LP) NVIDIA GeForce 210 Chipset (589Mhz) 512MB (1333Mhz) GDDR3 DVI/VGA/HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card and EVGA GeForce 8400GS 1GB (01G-P3-1302-LR) nVidia GeForce 8400GS Chipset (520Mhz) 1GB (520Mhz) DDR3 Dual Display DVI/HDMI/VGA PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card Any preferences? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
