[mythtv-users] Hardware question

Captain Hook captainhookzero at gmail.com
Fri Aug 30 02:54:07 UTC 2013


Yes, that sounds accurate.

Previously I meant to say I ended up with a 210 and a 650, not a 610 like I
typed.

On Thursday, August 29, 2013, Stephen P. Villano wrote:

>  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>
>> >>>> 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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