[mythtv-users] nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

[Brandon Beattie]

They are all pretty much the same.  The chip is what is important, not
really who makes it.  Some cards varry, but by so little it really
doesn't make a difference for a HTPC.  If you have an option of buying
one with a fan or without, go for without if noise in the HTPC is
important, otherwise the extra air doesn't hurt.  Mine does not have a
fan, but I've made sure the case fan moves air over the heatsink enough
to keep the card and more important the cards around it cooler. I did
have one fx5200 go bad, probably due to overheating in my old case which
I filled to the max and it couldn't handle that.

--Brandon

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 01:37:54AM -0600, Neil wrote:
> hey guys, 
> 
> I'm about to buy an Nvidia FX5200 PCI with DVI interface at newegg.com to 
> build my own mythtv. But found out that there are many models of this. 
> Which should I buy please? Please respond. I only wanted a PCI version as 
> my board doesn't have an AGP slot. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Neil 
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