[mythtv-users] Video Card Recommendation Needed

[Nicolas WILL]

On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 12:52 -0800, Robert McNamara wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:51 PM, George Nassas <gnassas at mac.com>
> wrote:
> > On 2011-03-03, at 3:31 PM, Nicolas WILL wrote:
> >
> >> Mine, a PNY GeForce GT 220 PCI-E 1GB, does not go full blast all
> the
> >> time:
> >
> > Doesn't seem to be available in my area. Oh well. Thanks though.
> >
> > Now that I know the 430 is better it explains why the supply of 220s
> was so skimpy. I had to build the box in a hurry and didn't have time
> to look extensively into such things :(
> >
> > - George
> 
> The 430 is indeed cooler running (and is available in a fanless
> variety-- I got the Zotac which has a big heatsink but no moving
> parts). 

I had a 8400GS without fan, and willingly went for a fan version of the
220 afterwords.

The thing is, if the card doesn't have a fan, you better make sur that
the case has proper airflow.

My case is crap, and cramped, with horrible airflow. It's a Thermaltake
Mozart SX, with 2x PCI tuner cards sandwiching the video card on the
riser.

The 8400GS was getting hot and the fins where not sufficient. The heat
accumulated enough, maybe travelled through the motherboards too. The
result was that my CPU fan went in high gear, and boy, is it noisy when
it does that!

The 220 has a fan, and with an additional 80mm case fan, I get something
acceptable, but far from perfect silence.

I am now dreaming of a proper case, but I would have to build another TV
stand, as all nice cases are much higher than the one I have today.

Another alternative would be to replace the PCI tuners with external USB
models. However, I would prefer to avoid the dangling stuff...

Nico