[mythtvnz] Nvidia GPU M/B

[Graeme Woollett]

Robin Gilks wrote:
> I've been looking at the problem the same way I must admit - passive
> cooled 9400GT or 9500GT PCI-E card and a suitable low power motherboard.
> Hopefully with a PCI-E riser to allow a slim case by cocking the video
> card over on its side (I wonder if they cool OK like that).
>
> At least by using seperate backend and frontend I know I won't need extra
> CPU for commercial flagging etc in the frontend and keep all the noisy
> bits out of the lounge!!
>
> I guess I'll have to look at the backend/server replacement first while we
> await the new generation of Atom/nvidia motherboards - the old box is now
> 6 years old and I'm starting to notice things like USB only being 1.1 so
> plodding along at 12mb/s - makes it hard work backing up 800Gb of raid
> disks!!
>
>   

My 8400GS just died, overheated, AVOID.
Are any of the 9400GT cards passive and single slot?