Or you could replace the default fan and heatsink with one from zalman - in 5volt mode they are silent (thats on a geforce 6800gt)

On 10/31/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yann asked
>
> I am planning to build a MythTV system, and would like to
> install a NVidia grafic card for software decoding of the
> recorded shows.
>
> The newer cards almost always have active coolers (with fan).
> Does software decoding use the "heat producing" features of
> the gpu, and if not, can I just unplug the fan to get a
> silent system ?

A little late but wtf, fwiw my mx440's fan has died, seems to make no
difference
(apart from being quieter ;-)  ) and not noticed any problems.

Personally I'd suggest just get one with out a fan in the first place.

Druid



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