Re: Switching to NVIDIA
On Sat 19 Feb 2011 at 14:34:41 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 02/19/2011 02:10 PM, Brian wrote:
>>
>> With NVidia the almost automatic response is to dive into the proprietry
>> driver pool. It seems to me that unless 3D is a need (used by less than
>> 5% of users) or the card is not supported well, you are going to be
>> served well by the nouveau driver.
>
> Does nouveau support vdpau (which, even on the old 8400GS,
> *significantly* reduces CPU usage when watching video)?
I'd never come across vdpau but it only took me a few seconds to find
this post from someone associated with the development of nouveau:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2010-May/005725.html
HTH
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