[mythtvnz] Video Card Suggestion for HD

[Duncan Kennington]

On 18 December 2010 14:43, <criggie at criggie.dyndns.org> wrote:

> On 18/12/10 14:01, Rama Madhusudhan wrote:
> > I am after a video card for my new full HD plasma TV which has HDMI and
> > VGA input. What are the options for these two inputs? Does VGA do full
> HD?
>
> The consensus seems to be an NVidia PCIe card with HDMI output.
>
> You might prefer a silent one with no fan but with a big heatsink.
>
> Which chipset?  No idea.
>

I have two GT220s and they're very good and relatively inexpensive at around
$130 a piece.

One is a Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1Gi (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125295 ) which is
pretty quiet considering it has a fan, though it takes 2 slots.

The other is an Asus ENGT220
http://ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=389264 which is quite a
bit noisier but still in use in my lounge due to the placement of the HDMI
port on the Gigabyte at the top of the card meaning I can't actually use the
HDMI on the Gigabyte in that particular case.

Not the only options, but they seem to cope well with everything I've thrown
at them.
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