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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/20 3:11 PM, James Abernathy
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 9:33
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I would second
the NVidia GT1030. I've had mine for a few years now and
it has worked well for me. It is the "lowest" card in
the NVidia lineup that supports NVidia's newer NVDEC
api, and handles all the HEVC/H.265 content I've been
able to throw at it. Brand new, they are available for
around $85-100 US on Amazon.</div>
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<div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">-Erik<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 8, 2020 at
7:10 AM Stephen Worthington <<a
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07:02:35 -0400, you wrote:<br>
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>Being stuck at home gives me time to come up with
computer projects. So <br>
>I thinking about taking an old Core i7 2600 and
moving it to a closet <br>
>near my 4K UHD TV in the family room. I would need
to add a GFX card, <br>
>even for mythtv as the internal graphics are
unacceptable to me. And <br>
>lower end gaming would require a better card than
mythtv.<br>
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>So I looking for what works for y'all at an
acceptable price. My current <br>
>card in another desktop that seems fine for mythtv
is a GeForce GT 710, <br>
>but that's old. That would be my bottom end
choice. Fanless would be <br>
>great, but since it's in a closet, not required.<br>
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>Jim A<br>
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For MythTV, a fanless Nvidia GT1030 card is fine. You
do need two<br>
slots for the fanless versions. If you get a fan
version GT1030,<br>
there are single slot cards. I do not do gaming, so I
can not tell<br>
you about that. But if you want long life, you really
do want the<br>
fanless cards. All of mine are still working 8-9
years on after<br>
mostly 24/7 operation for that time.<br>
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<div>I think I'll go with GT 1030. I've had good look with the
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<div>Thanks, all</div>
<div>Jim A</div>
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<p>I forgot to ask about the proper upgrade process for adding a new
GT1030 into a system using internal Intel GFX. Part of me thinks
it would be best to install the nvidia drivers and utilities prior
to popping in the new card. <br>
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<p>Any advice??</p>
<p>Jim A<br>
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