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

Allen Edwards allen.edwards at oldpaloalto.com
Tue Jul 22 19:33:17 UTC 2008


John Drescher wrote:
> 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
I thought he said PCI and not PCI-e

For PCI-e he might look at this one as well:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121019

Allen



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