[mythtv-users] OT: unplugging the fan of the grafic card

[Vladan Bato]

Yann Lehmann wrote:
> I am planning to build a MythTV system, and would like to install a
> NVidia grafic card for software decoding of the recorded shows.
> 
> The newer cards almost always have active coolers (with fan). Does
> software decoding use the "heat producing" features of the gpu, and if
> not, can I just unplug the fan to get a silent system ?

I think that most of the low-end nvidia cards (e.g. 6200) do not have a 
fan, and they would probably be enough for MythTv. I don't know whether 
there's a difference in the quality of Tv-out between low-end and 
high-end models.


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Vladan Bato
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