[mythtv-users] Hardware question

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Fri Aug 30 02:23:23 UTC 2013


>From my brief read, in between interruptions, the 610 was a relabel of
the 520.

On 8/29/13 8:42 PM, Captain Hook wrote:
> In my quest for "Advanced 2x" deinterlacing, I remember some reason I
> did not choose the 610. The 210 would only go up to "Temporal 2x"
> which is still very good. I believe the 610 is some sort of rebranding
> of a previous model and many were not recommending it for some reason. 
>
> I ended up with the 610 for my quiet frontend, 650 for my "high end"
> front end (runs advanced 2x with ease but major overkill for a Linux
> HTPC). 
>
> On Thursday, August 29, 2013, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
>
>     Hmm, 210 or 610?
>     http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-PC-GeForce-Graphics-SP210L512JCPI/dp/B00ABG6Y5S/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1377812745&sr=8-15&keywords=GeForce+210
>
>     http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-NVIDIA-GeForce-512MB-ZT-60604-10L/dp/B0083Y1YVE/ref=amtcd_B00CRY47KG_B0083Y1YVE
>
>     "Sparkle is a common bottom end branding here..never heard of Jaton."
>
>     Funny, I've had the converse experience here in the eastern US.
>
>     On 8/29/13 4:22 PM, Kevin Ross wrote:
>     > On 8/29/2013 12:54 PM, HP-mini wrote:
>     >> On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 15:18 -0400, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
>     >>> Interestingly enough, a Sparkle GeForce 210 PCI is $10 cheaper
>     than the
>     >>> Jaton ATI Radeon HD5450 512MB DDR3, not that I ever heard of
>     Sparkle,
>     >>> but specs are specs.
>     >>> Either one isn't a bank breaker, let alone a budget breaker.
>     >>>
>     >>> On 8/29/13 2:37 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>     >>>> On Aug 29, 2013, at 14:29, Captain Hook
>     <captainhookzero at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
>     >>>> wrote:
>     >>>>
>     >>>>> I've had good luck with the GeForce 210.
>     >>>> Note the PCI requirement.  While there are PCI versions
>     available,
>     >>>> they're rare and about 2-3x the price.
>     >>>> _______________________________________________
>     >> AFAIK
>     >> There are no PCI versions of any nVidia cards from 200 series
>     onwards..
>     >> I think the last PCI card was a special rare version of 8400.
>     >> PCIexpress is completely different to PCI.
>     >> Most of the marketing specs just delete the most important detail.
>     >>
>     >> Sparkle is a common bottom end branding here..never heard of Jaton.
>     >
>     > Here's a Sparkle GeForce 210, sure looks like PCI to me:
>     >
>     > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187211
>     >
>     > And fanless, too, if you like that kind of thing.
>     >
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