[mythtvnz] Video Card Suggestion for HD

[Geoff]

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.

 

Here is the fanless version of the Asus GT220
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=12513  

$145inc including shipping.

I'd spend the extra $20  over the one with the fan, plus no noise, and
having fan to fail

But only if you've got the slot next free, for a double width card.

 

Regards

Geoff

 


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