[mythtv-users] horizontal split

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sat Nov 23 17:14:45 UTC 2013


On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Daryl McDonald <darylangela at gmail.com> wrote:
>> will better graphhics reduce tearing?
>
> Probably.
>
>> Christmas is coming and I'm
>> looking at this card.
>> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130789
>>
>> Any opinions?
>
> Personally, I avoid video cards with fans if I can help it.  If you
> have room in your case (an open slot next to the pci express slot) I'd
> recommend getting a card with a larger heat sink and no fan.
>
> This one, for example:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121646
>
> which is nearly the same as the one you mentioned in terms of price
> and performance, but is passively cooled.  (Unless, for some reason,
> you really need 2 DVI ports.)
>
> Eric
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There is no room beside the graphics card, a tuner card resides there.
Is it necessary to limit the bits of the card to the bits of the
system (64) or would using a 128 bit card eliminate the
"bottlenecking" referenced in the reviews?


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