[RESOLVED] Is the GT520 really powerful enough for an HTPC?

[JoeH]

I have been waiting and waiting for something more powerful than a GT520 to come out that has the VP5 engine (mainly to be able to use it with DGIndexNV). Anyone know if anything is coming soon?

I am worried about the deinterlacing performance of the GT520. This is from AnandTech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4380/disc ... shootout/7:

"Pay particular attention to the deinterlacing performance of the GT 520. Compared to the other 4 cards in the test, this one emerges as the worst of the lot in the Cheese Slices test as well as the real world video test. When this was brought to NVIDIA's attention, they indicated the lack of shaders on the GF119 as the main reason for this issue. It looks like driver updates are not going to solve the issue in the future either. This is a big letdown for the prospective customers of the GT 520. Even though the deinterlacing performance of the GT 430 looks pretty good, a closer look reveals that it is not as effective as AMD's vector adaptive deinterlacing strategy."

Anyone have any experience with the GT520 and care to share your thoughts?

[admin]

Higher end cards with VP5 are expected this fall.

[JoeH]

Good news. Thanks.