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<blockquote data-quote="MrCrabs" data-source="post: 679194" data-attributes="member: 101491">AW: A good onboard graphic card or a ” cheap” PCI-E graphic card?I have got a mainboard in my htpc which comes with the hd4200 chip onboard and it is ok for MP, even HD material plays alright. Since the gigabyte mainboard (I got that one for my desktop pc) has the newer version of that chipset i guess it will work, too. The processor you choose doesn't not unfluence your mainboard choosing except for the socket. MY hfpc work with an amd athlon II x2 250 which has a tdp of 65W and it is way enough for MP.For the question of performance I think you should consider, that a cheaper motherboard does not have as many features a the gigabyte one has and maybe those features (like sata III) is what will raise performance for your htpc if you think of ssd or so in future. HD material is what will be the most performance demanding task for the next years for your graphic card, so there you won't need to upgrade soon. And if yo, you still can buy a better one in future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrCrabs, post: 679194, member: 101491"] [b]AW: A good onboard graphic card or a ” cheap” PCI-E graphic card?[/b] I have got a mainboard in my htpc which comes with the hd4200 chip onboard and it is ok for MP, even HD material plays alright. Since the gigabyte mainboard (I got that one for my desktop pc) has the newer version of that chipset i guess it will work, too. The processor you choose doesn't not unfluence your mainboard choosing except for the socket. MY hfpc work with an amd athlon II x2 250 which has a tdp of 65W and it is way enough for MP. For the question of performance I think you should consider, that a cheaper motherboard does not have as many features a the gigabyte one has and maybe those features (like sata III) is what will raise performance for your htpc if you think of ssd or so in future. HD material is what will be the most performance demanding task for the next years for your graphic card, so there you won't need to upgrade soon. And if yo, you still can buy a better one in future. [/QUOTE]

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