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<blockquote data-quote="SiLenTYL" data-source="post: 684019" data-attributes="member: 10288"><p>your PC wants to be able to perform hardware decoding of mpeg2, h264 and vc1</p><p></p><p>im using the Nvidia geforce 8600GT...which is old...but it has the capability of doing this....which is why i picked it..about 3 years ago!</p><p></p><p>ill never need a better card...im assuming ..since even bluray uses h264 and its smooth when playing them because of the hardware decoding my graphics card can do</p><p></p><p>...if u want an Nvidia card...then look at the Nvidia geforce wiki page : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units" target="_blank">Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>I specifically chose this card as it is passively cooled (no fan = no noise)...and it has the VP2 which can give me hardware decoding of mpg2, h264 and vc1</p><p></p><p>i think the newer cards can do hardware decoding of Divx/Xvid...but that hardly dents into CPU anwyay</p><p></p><p>if your getting a new graphics card..then anything from nvidia 220 upwards will suit perfectly</p><p></p><p>HDMI-out cards simply mean that audio and video go through the same cable....personally i use SPDIF for audio out as my amp can only do DTS..but if u have a DTS-MA or TrueHD amplifier..then u want HDMI instead...it really comes down to ur setup</p><p></p><p>im not too familiar with ATI graphics cards</p><p></p><p>PS: Codecs! Be sure to get a good video decoder (codec) like CoreAVC 2.0 for best results with h264 or the Win 7 DTV video decoder for mpg2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SiLenTYL, post: 684019, member: 10288"] your PC wants to be able to perform hardware decoding of mpeg2, h264 and vc1 im using the Nvidia geforce 8600GT...which is old...but it has the capability of doing this....which is why i picked it..about 3 years ago! ill never need a better card...im assuming ..since even bluray uses h264 and its smooth when playing them because of the hardware decoding my graphics card can do ...if u want an Nvidia card...then look at the Nvidia geforce wiki page : [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units]Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] I specifically chose this card as it is passively cooled (no fan = no noise)...and it has the VP2 which can give me hardware decoding of mpg2, h264 and vc1 i think the newer cards can do hardware decoding of Divx/Xvid...but that hardly dents into CPU anwyay if your getting a new graphics card..then anything from nvidia 220 upwards will suit perfectly HDMI-out cards simply mean that audio and video go through the same cable....personally i use SPDIF for audio out as my amp can only do DTS..but if u have a DTS-MA or TrueHD amplifier..then u want HDMI instead...it really comes down to ur setup im not too familiar with ATI graphics cards PS: Codecs! Be sure to get a good video decoder (codec) like CoreAVC 2.0 for best results with h264 or the Win 7 DTV video decoder for mpg2 [/QUOTE]
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