[mythtvnz] Video Card Suggestion for HD

[Rama Madhusudhan]

I installed a Palit GT430 card (with fan) over the weekend.  I have HD
recordings playing without any pauses after setting up the correct nvidia
drivers.  I haven't setup audio over the HDMI as I pipe audio to the SPDIF.
 Thanks for all the suggestions.

Rama

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Douglas Pearless <
Douglas.Pearless at pearless.co.nz> wrote:

> I have used several palit cards and never had a problem.
>
> Quoting Rama Madhusudhan <rama.madhusudhan at gmail.com>:
>
> Looking into GT430, why is there a large difference in pricing for example
> between a palit made and an asus made GT430 card?
> Is Asus generally better than a Palit or a Galaxy for that matter.  The
> Asus is bundled with software player that I don't need.
> Any links comparing the two appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Rama
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:43 PM, <criggie at criggie.dyndns.org> wrote:
>
>> On 20/12/10 18:40, tortise wrote:
>> > On 20/12/2010 5:42 p.m., Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
>> >
>> >> Now my card is new, this will change over time as it starts collecting
>> dust.
>> >
>> > While dust collects I believe the noise problem is not the dust, its the
>> > fan bearing wearing.  For example vacuuming a noisy fan and removing all
>> > visible dust does little to reduce a noisy fan's noise. The bearing
>> > tolerances open up, and presumably allow increased vibration at audio
>> > frequencies. Bearing lubrication may help, whether one wants to try...I
>> > am not sure as its not been that rewarding for me.  Rubber fan mountings
>> > may also help.  Custom graphic card fans are harder to deal with.
>>
>> I always thought that sleeve fans were cheap and nasty, and ball bearing
>> fans were the way to go.   However, sleeve fans run better for longer
>> when strapped to a hot thing, like a heatsink.
>>
>> The GPU fan on one machine packed up, so I got a fan that sits in the
>> PCI slot and blows air straight at the video card beside it.  Not
>> silent, but at 600 RPM its close enough.  And not touching the video
>> card means more air movement etc.
>>
>> I'd be careful lubing a fan inside a case - lots of rotation means it
>> will migrate out along the fan blades if not restrained by something.  I
>> have vague memories of someone peeling off a sticker from a fan and
>> dropping a single drop of light oil on that side.  Only effective for a
>> couple months.
>>
>> As for replacement fans, there are plenty of choices:
>>
>> Replacement fan
>> $20 http://www.trademe.co.nz/341804920
>>
>> Zalman fan and cooler
>> $30 http://www.trademe.co.nz/341313577
>>
>> Replacement fan block
>> $40 http://www.trademe.co.nz/341475843  6 year warranty
>>
>> Water block
>> $110 http://www.trademe.co.nz/340588894
>>
>>
>> Lots to choose from
>>
>> http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/CategorySecond_Pic.asp?categoryname=Coolers&categorySecond=CAS2
>> ascent sells most of these.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Criggie
>>
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