<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Ben Kamen <bkamen@benjammin.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, September 28, 2011 2:30:55 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users] OT: Zotac GT 520 PCI & PCIe x1<br></font><br>
On 2011-09-28 1:18 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:<br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Steven Adeff <<a ymailto="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com" href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com" href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Richard Morton<br>> <<a ymailto="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com" href="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com">richard.e.morton@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com" href="mailto:richard.e.morton@gmail.com">richard.e.morton@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> > I think the OP was referring to a relatively low cost card, with a<br>> > relatively well supported chipset using a PCI interface (or PCIExpress x1)<br>>
> R<br>><br>> according to this,<br><span>> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_500_Series">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_500_Series</a></span><br>><br>> 29W TDP, supports Advanced 2X as well. I don't know how many 1080i<br>> streams it can support (for future PIP/PBP support), but for a single<br>> decode that's really good.<br>><br>> --<br>><br>><br>> I found a fanless PCI-express version for $39.99 after rebate. Is this the new "best card" for a Mythbox these days? I may pick up a couple.<br>><br>><br><span>> Link: <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1169122&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1169122&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE</a> <</span><a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1169122&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE" target="_blank">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1169122&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE</a>><br>><br><br>That's the one I was just looking at on Zotac's website. Looks like it'd work nicely. Any other feedback from others?<br><br> -Ben<br><br><br>I bought a GT 430 around last Nov, and it has the same silent heatsink shown in that picture. Be aware that at least with the GT 430 the heatsink curves around the top of the card and is
higher than pcb and slot braket. It just fit in my case.<br><br><span>Also check out the review: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GT_520/">http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zotac/GeForce_GT_520/</a></span><br>If ayone intends to use this other than for HD video decode and for games the performance it pretty low.<br></div></div>
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