[mythtv-users] Hardware question

[Stephen P. Villano]

Hmm, 210 or 610?
http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-PC-GeForce-Graphics-SP210L512JCPI/dp/B00ABG6Y5S/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1377812745&sr=8-15&keywords=GeForce+210

http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-NVIDIA-GeForce-512MB-ZT-60604-10L/dp/B0083Y1YVE/ref=amtcd_B00CRY47KG_B0083Y1YVE

"Sparkle is a common bottom end branding here..never heard of Jaton."

Funny, I've had the converse experience here in the eastern US.

On 8/29/13 4:22 PM, Kevin Ross wrote:
> On 8/29/2013 12:54 PM, HP-mini wrote:
>> On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 15:18 -0400, Stephen P. Villano wrote:
>>> Interestingly enough, a Sparkle GeForce 210 PCI is $10 cheaper than the
>>> Jaton ATI Radeon HD5450 512MB DDR3, not that I ever heard of Sparkle,
>>> but specs are specs.
>>> Either one isn't a bank breaker, let alone a budget breaker.
>>>
>>> On 8/29/13 2:37 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>>> On Aug 29, 2013, at 14:29, Captain Hook <captainhookzero at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've had good luck with the GeForce 210.
>>>> Note the PCI requirement.  While there are PCI versions available,
>>>> they're rare and about 2-3x the price.
>>>> _______________________________________________
>> AFAIK
>> There are no PCI versions of any nVidia cards from 200 series onwards..
>> I think the last PCI card was a special rare version of 8400.
>> PCIexpress is completely different to PCI.
>> Most of the marketing specs just delete the most important detail.
>>
>> Sparkle is a common bottom end branding here..never heard of Jaton.
>
> Here's a Sparkle GeForce 210, sure looks like PCI to me:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187211
>
> And fanless, too, if you like that kind of thing.
>
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