[mythtv-users] 8400GS -> GT 430 -> ?? (60Hz, VDPAU High Quality)

[Christopher Kerr]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:14 AM, William Powers <wepprop at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to replace my low-profile (with fan) GT-430 with another
> low-profile fanless card.  I haven't been able to find one.  Any ideas?
>
> Fanless low profile NVidia cards that support VDPAU will not support
> Advanced,2X deinterlacing - you'll have to use Temporal,2X.  If you go that
> route, I recommend a GT520.
>
> If you discover a low profile card with a quiet and long lived fan that
> supports flawless playback using Advanced,2X deinterlacing, please let me
> know. I already know that GT430's don't give me flawless playback and the
> fan on my GT220 died a loud death after about two months.
>
> The other low profile alternative is OpenGL playback with AMD or Intel
> Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge CPU graphics. I have had good luck with the
> Sandy Bridge solution and have converted two of my three frontends to that
> playback method.


GT640's are just starting to become available as desktop cards - they're
based on chips intended for laptop usage, so I expect a low-profile version
will be along shortly. They should be ~40% faster than GT440's (which are
basically just factory overclocked GT430's) which would make them strong
contenders as HTPC cards if a fanless version shows up.

- Chris
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