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<blockquote data-quote="Elf" data-source="post: 52266" data-attributes="member: 13103">Hi all,My htpc is currently sporting a very unfashionable GF4 MX and I'm getting less than perfect video results.&nbsp; Time for a DX9 GFX card methinks, but what should I go for?On a budget, and with size/heat considerations, my options seem to basically be a Geforce 6200 or an ATI 9200/9500.&nbsp; As far as I can gather, the Geforce have purevideo which seems to be fairly well respected - and should talk to the nVidia codec and help along my mpeg quality.Thing is, I've also been looking at some sites professing DIY VGA-to-SCART cables for better TV-out quality, and seriously thinking about trying one to boost the pants image on my CRT Philips widescreen TV but these cables only work with ATI cards.&nbsp; Do the ATI cards have a hardware mpeg function equivalent in performance/quality to the fabled Purevideo?Choices... choices...&nbsp; Any thoughts/experience in these two approaches?&lt;edit&gt; Apologies to Mods for putting this in wrong forum! &lt;/edit&gt;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf, post: 52266, member: 13103"] Hi all, My htpc is currently sporting a very unfashionable GF4 MX and I'm getting less than perfect video results. Time for a DX9 GFX card methinks, but what should I go for? On a budget, and with size/heat considerations, my options seem to basically be a Geforce 6200 or an ATI 9200/9500. As far as I can gather, the Geforce have purevideo which seems to be fairly well respected - and should talk to the nVidia codec and help along my mpeg quality. Thing is, I've also been looking at some sites professing DIY VGA-to-SCART cables for better TV-out quality, and seriously thinking about trying one to boost the pants image on my CRT Philips widescreen TV but these cables only work with ATI cards. Do the ATI cards have a hardware mpeg function equivalent in performance/quality to the fabled Purevideo? Choices... choices... Any thoughts/experience in these two approaches? <edit> Apologies to Mods for putting this in wrong forum! </edit> [/QUOTE]

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