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Originally Posted by igalan  At this point I'm not ready to go to HD for one main reason: CRT TV. But even if I get an HD TV, my HTPC won't be able to handle HD video; it has a single PCI slot used by the dual DVB-T tuner (plus AGP, it's a small Shuttle). If someone releases an AGP video card that can off-load decoding of HD video, but I don't think this is going to happen.
Considering this I would need a new HTPC. And then I would choose the best silent videocard available (no fans), which may not be enought for HD. So a PCIe card would make sense in this case.
BTW, I don't think I'm going to buy Bluray or HD-DVD, at least not until they allow the same level of flexibility than regular DVDs (rip easily, so I can store the movies on hard drive and store the discs safely). | Google the HD-2400 from ATI (AMD) which is released in July. That may work for you. As stated in an earlier post Sapphire have committed to an AGP version of this card.
DMAN
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