[mythtv-users] Nvida card choice for mythtv and gaming

[Stephen Worthington]

On Fri, 8 May 2020 07:02:35 -0400, you wrote:

>Being stuck at home gives me time to come up with computer projects. So 
>I thinking about taking an old Core i7 2600 and moving it to a closet 
>near my 4K UHD TV in the family room. I would need to add a GFX card, 
>even for mythtv as the internal graphics are unacceptable to me.  And  
>lower end gaming would require a better card than mythtv.
>
>So I looking for what works for y'all at an acceptable price. My current 
>card in another desktop that seems fine for mythtv is a GeForce GT 710, 
>but that's old. That would be my bottom end choice. Fanless would be 
>great, but since it's in a closet, not required.
>
>Jim A

For MythTV, a fanless Nvidia GT1030 card is fine.  You do need two
slots for the fanless versions.  If you get a fan version GT1030,
there are single slot cards.  I do not do gaming, so I can not tell
you about that.  But if you want long life, you really do want the
fanless cards.  All of mine are still working 8-9 years on after
mostly 24/7 operation for that time.