[mythtv-users] Which nvidia cards to currently avoid?

[Ian Evans]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 3:24 PM, John Marshall <mythtv at marshallparty.org>
wrote:

> On 1/29/2015 1:58 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at lower-priced video cards (my budget right now) and I'm
>> seeing a lot of 610s, 620s, 630s and 710s, 720s and 730s in the sub $100
>> range. Even some 210s.
>>
>> Are any of these any good? My current card (may it rest in peace) is a
>> GT 430 that I paid about 74 Cdn for. What's comparable these days?
>>
>
> As of the 300x series NVidia drivers the *10 cards might be enough for
> Advanced 2x deinterlacing, but there isn't nearly as much headroom as the
> 20 & 30 cards.  I have a fanless GT630v2 (GK208/Kepler) and it works
> great.  The GT730 with 64-bit memory and 384 CUDA cores is essentially the
> same card.  I assume you aren't terribly worried about gaming performance
> as these are just okay for that.
>
> The 720 should also be capable according to this:
> http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/VDPAU-Benchmarks
> MIXER TEMPORAL_SPATIAL (1920x1080): 132 fields/s
>
>
Looks like I can get a good price nearby on a ASUS GeForce GT 630 902MHZ
2GB.

Silly question. Is there anything I need to do to before replacing the
card? Or will mythbuntu autodetect the new card when I boot?
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