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From: Grinder on 21 Mar 2010 12:44
On 3/20/2010 9:30 PM, Mark WP wrote:
> Any recommendations for a cheapish video card, preferably passively
> cooled? Will not be used for for games..
> Thank you.

I've been happy with this one in an HTPC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125242

I try not to look at rebates as a factor, but if you sneak a peak, it
looks pretty good.
From: Grinder on 21 Mar 2010 12:46
On 3/21/2010 11:44 AM, Grinder wrote:
> On 3/20/2010 9:30 PM, Mark WP wrote:
>> Any recommendations for a cheapish video card, preferably passively
>> cooled? Will not be used for for games..
>> Thank you.
>
> I've been happy with this one in an HTPC:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125242
>
> I try not to look at rebates as a factor, but if you sneak a peak, it
> looks pretty good.

Oh, I should point out:

1) It does not have HDTV out as the specification suggests. You can rig
something with DVI I suppose, but the TV-out port is just Composite/S-Video.

2) The Composite dongle may not come with it as the picture suggests. I
called Gigabyte and they happily mailed me one.

From: ShadowTek on 21 Mar 2010 17:35
On 2010-03-21, Mark WP <Mark.WP.nomailtoday(a)mailhere.invalid> wrote:
> Any recommendations for a cheapish video card, preferably passively
> cooled? Will not be used for for games..
> Thank you.

I recently bought a used nVidia MMX420 on ebay for about $15.

There's stuff like that all over ebay.
From: Grinder on 21 Mar 2010 18:09
On 3/21/2010 4:35 PM, ShadowTek wrote:
> On 2010-03-21, Mark WP<Mark.WP.nomailtoday(a)mailhere.invalid> wrote:
>> Any recommendations for a cheapish video card, preferably passively
>> cooled? Will not be used for for games..
>> Thank you.
>
> I recently bought a used nVidia MMX420 on ebay for about $15.
>
> There's stuff like that all over ebay.

If you get a card off of eBay, you would probably be served to get one
that's passively cooled. Of the half a dozen cards I've bought that
weren't, 2/3 had their fans fail in the first week after installation.

Maybe it's just bad luck, but if you have a noisy fan you can probably
oil it up and get rid of it on eBay.
From: Massimo on 24 Mar 2010 07:26
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:09:55 -0500, Grinder <grinder(a)no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:

>On 3/21/2010 4:35 PM, ShadowTek wrote:
>> On 2010-03-21, Mark WP<Mark.WP.nomailtoday(a)mailhere.invalid> wrote:
>>> Any recommendations for a cheapish video card, preferably passively
>>> cooled? Will not be used for for games..
>>> Thank you.
>>
>> I recently bought a used nVidia MMX420 on ebay for about $15.
>>
>> There's stuff like that all over ebay.
>
>If you get a card off of eBay, you would probably be served to get one
>that's passively cooled. Of the half a dozen cards I've bought that
>weren't, 2/3 had their fans fail in the first week after installation.
>
>Maybe it's just bad luck, but if you have a noisy fan you can probably
>oil it up and get rid of it on eBay.

No moral at all...

Massimo
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