[mythtv-users] Building new Mythtv Box

[R. G. Newbury]

On 01/11/2011 09:16 AM, D. R. Newman wrote:
> On 10/01/11 23:16, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> not need much more than the 220 as it will easily do the job. Anything
>> newer/more powerful will require way more power and produce more heat.
>
> That is not true of the very latest cards. When running a
> graphics-intensive 3D game they draw the power. But the rest of the time
> they turn off a lot of the power drain, run the fan very slowly, and so on.
>
> So I have found a GTS 450 is almost silent in operation (at least
> quieter than the CPU cooler fan when it is running flat out as all 4
> processors transcode video).

That is good to know. The first batch of cards had a steadily increasing 
power requirement in model number order. Glad that 'low-power' entries 
have been slotted in.

Geoff


              R. Geoffrey Newbury