<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Michelle Dupuis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mdupuis@ocg.ca">mdupuis@ocg.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">I'm investigating choppy audio/sudio sync issues on new (used box, new to me) front-end and I suspect my video card isn't keeping up. I would like to get a VDPAU video card, ideally one without fan
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">First, what is the best one I can get that meets these criteria?</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Second, what is the cheapest one I can get that meet these criteria? (That won't be obsoleted/unsupported shortly)</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Thanks!</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Just last week I purchased this card for $50 after mail-in rebate:</div><div><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162067">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162067</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>I've been using MythTV since version 0.13, and this is the first video card I've ever purchased that wasn't passively cooled. I was concerned about fan noise, but this card is very quiet. In fact, I think my system is quieter with the new card since my CPU is idle so the CPU fan RPM's are lower. Even when watching 1080i content with the advanced 2x deinterlacing, the GPU temp never gets above about 42C, so the video card fan only spins at 50% speed.</div>
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