[mythtv-users] need vid card with s-video, pci-x16 that "just works"

Aaron Aguilar aaronaguilar at gmail.com
Thu Jan 4 19:49:10 UTC 2007


Here are two fanless Nvidias I am looking at:

nvidia 7300le:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?Item=N82E16814121009

nvidia 6200tc:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814127204

I am just glad to hear that all the nvidias are supported.

On 1/4/07, Jason McKnight <jason at mcknights.org> wrote:
>
> You should look for a card that is already fanless to avoid over heating
> problems.
>
> I know there are Nvidia 7600 fanless solutions out there. Not sure about
> any thing else.
>
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/07/26/review_geforce_7600gs_asus_evga/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stroller <linux.luser at myrealbox.com>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2007 7:21:58 AM GMT-0500 US/Eastern
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] need vid card with s-video, pci-x16 that "just
> works"
>
>
> On 4 Jan 2007, at 03:11, Dave wrote:
>
> > All Nvidia cards with svideo out work great in xorg, try to get a 5xx0
> > series card, I have a 5750 PCI-E, but it has a fan, couldnt find one
> > without, might just change out the heatsink/fan for a heatsink only
> > if I
> > could find them somewhere
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm graphics card shopping myself at the moment (see [1]) and may
> well end up with a nVidia.
>
> Why do you suggest a 5000-series rather than the 6000 or 7000? These
> 6000- & 7000-series cards seem to be more readily available & so I
> assumed they were later models. I therefore assumed longer support
> for them in nVidia's binary drivers.
>
> Assuming I was to end up with a 6000- & 7000-series card I had
> thought to replace the fan (which I assumed to be the most common
> factory-installed configuration) with an after-market heatsink. Maybe
> this is an unreasonable hope? Do these cards produce too much heat
> for that?
>
> Stroller.
>
>
>
> [1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/244067#244067
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