[mythtv-users] Lots of confusion as to which card(s) to buy for vdpau

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

Hi

2009/2/3 Brian Wood <beww at beww.org>:
>
> If you must get a mobo or graphics card with a fan, replacing it with a decent
> one before putting it into service will save a lot of future headaches.

But if you check the MSI card I was referring to, for their "silent"
card they are using a Zalman fan and heatsink...
Zalman is the brand I would use if I were to replace the stock fan with another.

>
> Some passively-cooled cards create problems by interfering with the adjacent
> slot, so often a fan-cooled one is the only solution. Passive cooling also
> assumes sufficient room and airflow around and across the heatsink, which is
> often not available.

They are indeed huge sometimes.
My 9400GT fanless wouldn't fit if I had anything in any of the PCI slots...