[mythtv-users] Video card recommendations for new build

Anthony Giggins seven at seven.dorksville.net
Wed Jul 26 22:42:03 UTC 2017


On 23 July 2017 at 10:23, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 11:39:29 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >I'm looking for some help picking out hardware to build a new FE/BE Myth
> >box. I haven't had good luck lately buying hardware. Twice now I've done
> >a bunch of research and then ordered the wrong thing. I'm getting a
> >little gun-shy. That's why I'm asking for help this go round.
> >
> >I'd like recommendations on the video card to begin with and from there
> >I think I can pick a MB and CPU.
> >I prefer NVIDIA to use VDPAU. Full height is fine as this will be an ATX
> >desktop size box. Cooling fan is ok too. I'm in the US and generally buy
> >from Newegg but not stuck on them. This box will have 2 HD-PVR and 3 HD
> >Homeruns for tuners. And it will be running current Myth. (I'm finally
> >upgrading from Mythbuntu 10.04 with Myth .025.)
> >
> >Thanks in advance for all replies.
>
> You need to first decide whether you want to future proof yourself by
> getting a video card that will do 4K.  If you already are playing
> files that are 4K (eg from Netflix), then you will need a 4K capable
> card.  If you are only wanting your MythTV box to play recordings from
> FTA or cable, then as yet 4K support is unnecessary and you can get a
> much cheaper card.
>
> The recommended cards for MythTV are still, as far as I know, only
> Nvidia.  MythTV has proper support for using the higher hardware
> interleaving support modes on Nvidia cards only.  So if you are
> wanting 4K support, take a look at this page:
>
> https://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/4k/supported-gpus
>
> If you do not need 4K support, then I believe that a 610 or above GPU
> is fine.  However, I have no personal experience with 610 cards (I am
> still using my old 220s), so someone else should confirm this.  I
> recommend at least 1 Gibyte of GPU RAM, as if your system is using
> other GPU RAM intensive things (such as compiz on Ubuntu), a 512
> Mibyte card will run out of GPU RAM when asked to do VDPAU by MythTV.
>
> Frontend boxes are best with a fanless card if they are in the same
> room as the screen and speakers.  There are lots of options for
> fanless 610 cards, but I have only seen one 4K capable 1050 card that
> was fanless.  The 610 cards are pretty cheap, so you may want to get
> one of those now, and then upgrade later if you then need 4K.  4K
> cards are not cheap.
>
>
I cant get my 610 to display any higher then 1600x1200 even though it says
it can display higher :( according to the manufacturer.

I was looking at the 1050 but If I were to get another card I'd get a 1030
as it should still perform fine just at a cheaper price.

Cheers,

Anthony
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