Comments on: Choosing a graphics card for your HTPC http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/ An inside look at news, events and technology at Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Fickey http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-347494 Fickey Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:39:04 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=257#comment-347494 Some of the latest generation of integrated graphics have been very positively reviewed with regard to video playback, in particular HD video. For instance, the ATI 780G reportedly excels with this in both quality & performance, and also offers HDMI out with audio. Apparently an ideal base for an HTPC. http://techreport.com/articles.x/14261/9 Some of the latest generation of integrated graphics have been very positively reviewed with regard to video playback, in particular HD video. For instance, the ATI 780G reportedly excels with this in both quality & performance, and also offers HDMI out with audio. Apparently an ideal base for an HTPC.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14261/9

]]> By: cat6man http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-344888 cat6man Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:57:50 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=257#comment-344888 rakesh is assuming implicitly that you are going to be playing back video with BTV on your htpc...........if, like me, you are using BTV only as a PVR to record, the integrated video is fine don't want people to buy more than they need.......... rakesh is assuming implicitly that you are going to be playing back video with BTV on your htpc………..if, like me, you are using BTV only as a PVR to record, the integrated video is fine

don’t want people to buy more than they need……….

]]> By: Ian McLean http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-344759 Ian McLean Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:53:01 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=257#comment-344759 Not sure why my pingback didn't work, but I linked to this blog over at http://www.underfunded.info Great blog by Rakesh over at Snapstream about choosing the proper video card for your HTPC. I really like that in his posting he did not say you should get X card, rather he instructed you on how to choose the proper card for your needs. Not sure why my pingback didn’t work, but I linked to this blog over at

http://www.underfunded.info

Great blog by Rakesh over at Snapstream about choosing the proper video card for your HTPC. I really like that in his posting he did not say you should get X card, rather he instructed you on how to choose the proper card for your needs.

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]]> By: Nat Mishkin http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-344669 Nat Mishkin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:25:49 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=257#comment-344669 I don't suppose you'd be interested in doing a followup with the subject "Choosing a tuner card for your HTPC"? I've had mixed success with a couple of different cards and scanning forums and such just seems to yield diametrically opposed opinions for the same tuner card ("I couldn't make tuner X work", "tuner X works great for me"). I'm particularly interested in tuner cards with clear QAM support, which seems to bring out the worst in tuner cards. I don’t suppose you’d be interested in doing a followup with the subject “Choosing a tuner card for your HTPC”? I’ve had mixed success with a couple of different cards and scanning forums and such just seems to yield diametrically opposed opinions for the same tuner card (”I couldn’t make tuner X work”, “tuner X works great for me”). I’m particularly interested in tuner cards with clear QAM support, which seems to bring out the worst in tuner cards.

]]> By: Greg Lowe http://blogs.snapstream.com/2008/09/04/choosing-a-graphics-card-for-your-htpc/comment-page-1/#comment-344645 Greg Lowe Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:36:33 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=257#comment-344645 For an ideal HTPC card, look at the Nvidia 8500 series. They even have passive cooling cards to cut down on the noise. This series is good because it totally offloads h.264 decoding to the video card (features even the newer cards don't offer) leaving the CPU to do other things. These cards are about $50, but can be had for less w/rebate. For an ideal HTPC card, look at the Nvidia 8500 series. They even have passive cooling cards to cut down on the noise. This series is good because it totally offloads h.264 decoding to the video card (features even the newer cards don’t offer) leaving the CPU to do other things. These cards are about $50, but can be had for less w/rebate.

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