When recording, does this card use any cpu (load) at all? Does it run hot?
650098
Very little. The digital ATSC TV broadcast today is already compressed to MPEG-2 at the TV station so ATSC TV tuners only have to tune the channel and record the stream to a hard drive. Most of the memory and CPU load will be from the software you use to record TV. Windows Vista and 7 Premium and above come with Windows Media Center included so it's a popular choice for recording TV.CPU load was only a problem back when TV stations were broadcasting an analog NTSC signal. There were some inexpensive NTSC tuner cards that didn't have the circuitry for MPEG-2 encoding built in to them and relied on the CPU to handle the compression (Software Encoding). Very little. The digital ATSC TV broadcast today is already compressed to MPEG-2 at the TV station so ATSC TV tuners only have to tune the channel and record the stream to a hard drive. Most of the memory and CPU load will be from the software you use to record TV. Windows Vista and 7 Premium and above come with Windows Media Center included so it's a popular choice for recording TV.CPU load was only a problem back when TV stations were broadcasting an analog NTSC signal. There were some inexpensive NTSC tuner cards that didn't have the circuitry for MPEG-2 encoding built in to... » Read More Very little. The digital ATSC TV broadcast today is already compressed to MPEG-2 at the TV station so ATSC TV tuners only have to tune the channel and record the stream to a hard drive. Most of the memory and CPU load will be from the software you use to record TV. Windows Vista and 7 Premium and above come with Windows Media Center included so it's a popular choice for recording TV.CPU load was only a problem back when TV stations were broadcasting an analog NTSC signal. There were some inexpensive NTSC tuner cards that didn't have the circuitry for MPEG-2 encoding built in to them and relied on the CPU to handle the compression (Software Encoding). « Show Less
650099
Very little but most tuners are the same, what uses CPU is decoding the video and how much depends on the hardware acceleration features of your video card and drivers.All these tuners run pretty warm and that's just inherent in the design of the chips. The tuners in HDTV's get hot too, ditto for cable boxes
650100
I really don't know what kind or how much load it takes on a cpu. What I do know is that, this is a very good dual tuner single antenna in card. Works well for my purposes. I would another one, as a spare, if it becomes available again.
650101
It does use cpu time. A slight decrease in performance can be noticed with both channels running, as nothing is free, not even in the computing world. Look at all the background programs that are running on your system. I agree this board will generate heat and can freeze if left in too long. I usually tell card to exit or go to standby for it to restart. Its tough to beat a dual channel card for this price.
546986
This is a very high performance processor so it tends to run hot. I have been installing it with a Corsair water cooling system. They are not expensive, they are easy to install and are very reliable.
890594
3.4 runing thew 2 cores i think 1.8 bankswitched thew memory and what ever the video card you are using to set up the real timing or speed look up the specs on amd web site,,, the one i use is in a video mpeg4 storage computer and it works fine for that,,,
673879
Honestly, it doesn't seem to on my system. Bear in mind, I have 16GB of system RAM as well, so that takes some of the load off, but I'm perfectly happy with the 1GB card. Really, I only think it matters if you're gonna try maxing the resolution and start kicking up all of the background details.
1544727
It isn't significant running in typical environments. System intense rendering can get that fan humming but it still isn't annoying. I control the fan while running Bootcamp and crank it to max when gaming and only then is it very loud. However I am okay with that cause you need to keep a card cool for gaming.
978640
I have always selected the option to not format the card and have had no trouble with recording images and video, as well as downloading those images to my computer. Not sure if that helps at all.
1835574
Mine is running 82C under full load. I mine dogecoin with mine when I'm not gaming. This is also with an older GTX 570 right above it.
1982192
I'm using it at apprx 5.5cfm and it's fine. Could go more but I've never needed to. I run it at 125psi
1066497
I ran it with a 300w and it ran fine. However, for the price, there are better cards you can get, like the 7750 and 7770 that aren't very expensive, but perform very well.
1081247
It depends on the other components in your system. I run a 450w power supply with this card and no issues. If your CPU is sucking up more than average watts you may require more , but this card has a very low power requirement considering pretty good performance.
499081
This is definitely a 6GB card. It runs excellently and, even when stressed for long periods of time, rarely gets to temps above 65C.
56863
I noticed it does run a little hot but it has never had a thermal event. The BIOS in this particular model is incredible. There is a lot you can do to configure and customize. I install these all over for many of my clients and they love them. The only thing I did not like it that it did not come with internet. Had to use a wifi card because the wifi msata mini that came on the unit did not work
1696750
I tried two 64gb cards. They both seemed to record but both gave error message saying they were too slow (although they were rated fast enough). I went back to a 32gb and all is well.
1045554
Like others have said it'll record until card is full or battery is dead. Just make sure you get a card off BMD's approved list. There are a lot of cards that would seem to be compatible, but you will get a lot of dropped frames.
62630
idk i use a software but i dont remember becuase its drained my cpu in my pc but i bought the elgato game capture device HD because i bought the easycap for gameplay but its a waste of time to buy the easycap for a gaming channel like me
1830036
If you are wondering whether you'll need to upgrade your power supply, most likely you won't. My computer took the card flawlessly without upgrading anything else.
868814
I'm running this card with an i7-3770k, 16GB RAM, HDD, blu ray drive, loads of fans using a 300W PSU. All is well. It's about 65w for the card.