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Originally Posted by Paranoid Delusion  Just make sure you have a spare pci-e x16 slot available, if onboard with cpu oomph don't work  |
Yeah, no worries ^^,
I have yet to find a mATX mainboard with (LGA775, GbLAN, 4GB DDR2, IEEE1394) that doesn't have one :p
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Originally Posted by cybrmage Your E6320 CPU should be able to handle HD 1080P just fine.... I am able to play back 1080P using an 8600GT paired with an Athlon XP3800+ (a much slower single core processor) just fine...
Given the choice between Dual Channel/Intel GPU and Single Channel/nVidia GPU.... I would forgo a board with integrated video and find a similar board in the same price range with Dual Channel support without integrated video... The boards with integrated video have all tended to have poorer performance than similar boards without video. And if you are putting a system together specifically for HD playback, you want all the performance gains that you can get. |
Hmm, the thing was if it was possible to watch 1080P x264 content without having to buy a graphics card, I could save 110$. And for my poor ass student life, that is a couple of bottles of beer ^^,
By the way, is 1080P h.264 the same as 1080P x264, and can both be played with GPU acceleration?
Okey, here are the setup for my new HTPC:
Case: Antec Fusion 430 Black (new)
CPU: Intel 6320 (1.86 GHz)
RAM: GeIL Black Dragon 4096mb (2x2048mb) DDR2-800
MB: MSI G33M-FI (new)
GFX: Gainward GeForce 8600GT 512MB SilentFX (new)
Sound: Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic (S/PDIF Out)
Thanks for your help guys!!!