[mythtv-users] Biting the bullet...new frontend recommendations

Tom Dexter digitalaudiorock at gmail.com
Mon May 7 13:17:24 UTC 2018


On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Stephen Worthington
<stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2018 14:55:05 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>4. I'd like an nVidia card using HDMI at least capable of advanced 2x
>>deinterlacing as I'm currently getting. The GT 430 I have however has
>>a limit on the output resolution and can't play 4K video for example.
>>I currently have an LG OLED TV so I'd like to be able to play 4K if
>>possible.
>
> The only good option for an Nvidia card that does 4K is the 1030
> models.  The others draw far too much power - they are set up for
> gaming.  A fanless 1030 would likely be the best idea.  Fans are a
> component that die earlier than anything else, unless you do annual
> maintenance on them, which is a pain.  I think all of them on sale
> should be PCI 3.0 models.  You want a motherboard that is PCI 3.0 if
> you buy now, as that will last longer into the future.

Interesting. Thanks for the info. The 4K support was sort of a
like-to-have...sounds like it's asking more than I realized. I'll
definitely keep the 1030s in mind.

Yea, I've actually changed fans on that PNY GT 430 several times. I
actually have a GPU temporature monitor script I wrote in perl (that
uses nvidia-smi) running all the time in the background to alert me
with mythtv notifications if the temp gets unexpectedly high. I tend
to trust the ones with fans more, but do the fanless models really
cool sufficiently? It would be nice to not have to screw with those
anymore.

Thanks!
Tom


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