[mythtv-users] Looking for low power/heat PCI video card w/TV out

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Jul 22 16:41:00 UTC 2008


On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Peter VanDerWal <peter at vanderwal.us> wrote:
> I'm looking for a PCI video card with TV out (HDMI, DVI, Component, or
> S-Video), ideally a passively cooled card.
> While I want a passively cooled card, I don't want one where the heatsink
> gets hot enough to cook waffles on.
>
> It's only going to be used for MythTV, so it doesn't have to support
> gaming, etc.
>
> I've found a couple cards, but I'm not sure if they are suitable for Myth.
>
> One uses a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 55.  I'm pretty sure the Nvidia Quadro is
> supported by Xview (yes/no?)  Any comments?
>
> The other choices all seem to be Radeon based, but I've read that the
> Radeon 7000 cards are not a good choice?
>
> Any other suggestions?  Oh yeah, it has to be a 1/2 length PCI card, the
> case won't support a full length or even a 3/4 length.
>

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121085

John


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