On 10/31/05, Devan Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
All features will produce heat, but most generic rendering of images isn't going to be terrible for it. I don't know of anyway to underclock your video card for Linux, but if you could it'd help. If you keep relatively good airflow in your case and don't drive your card too hard with games or such, you very likely will be alright. You card will most likely not live as long as it otherwise would, but many people, like the above, haven't had any problems. I recently unplugged mine after looking at Zalman's passive coolers. I have a Zalman on my gaming machine and am very satisfied with its performance, but for me it was simple math.
If my card happens to burn out, a GeForce MX4000 is $30, and so is the Zalman cooler. Obviously, if I needed more than s-video out, that could change. Your math may vary.
On 10/13/05, Yann Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: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 ?
Thank's
YannFWIW I have a GeForce2 that I unplugged the fan on, but that was only because the bearings seized. Haven't had a problem over the past few years.
All features will produce heat, but most generic rendering of images isn't going to be terrible for it. I don't know of anyway to underclock your video card for Linux, but if you could it'd help. If you keep relatively good airflow in your case and don't drive your card too hard with games or such, you very likely will be alright. You card will most likely not live as long as it otherwise would, but many people, like the above, haven't had any problems. I recently unplugged mine after looking at Zalman's passive coolers. I have a Zalman on my gaming machine and am very satisfied with its performance, but for me it was simple math.
If my card happens to burn out, a GeForce MX4000 is $30, and so is the Zalman cooler. Obviously, if I needed more than s-video out, that could change. Your math may vary.
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