Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: > And how to upscale? do i just push a button and it will attempt to better? > I've found that generally whatever I use upscales the video anyway to fit the resolution. For instance, MPlayer or Totem will happily upscale anything I chuck at it (DVDs, AVI videos) to my monitors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: > 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? Well if you have a Core 2 Duo I'd guess you wouldn't have an AGP slo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
And how to upscale? do i just push a button and it will attempt to better? 2009/11/24 Rob Beard > javadayaz wrote: > > does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to > > the processor? > > > A Geforce 8400GS will offload some if not all of the video decoding > leaving the CP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 24/11/09 12:19, 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! I bought a 256MB Palit 9500GT, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1600MHz GDDR3, GP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
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 > javadayaz wrote: > > can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) grap

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: > does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to > the processor? > A Geforce 8400GS will offload some if not all of the video decoding leaving the CPU free to do other things... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_vdpau_gpu&num=1 Rob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
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

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to the processor? 2009/11/24 Adam Bagnall > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:19 PM, javadayaz wrote: > >> can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will >> display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to displa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Adam Bagnall
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:19 PM, 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@