Completed HTPC Build - Antec Fusion 430 (Black) (6 Viewers)

[Swooosh]

youve to activate the right output in your driver preferences

 

[armandp]

It's been a while since i spend some technical time with my HTPC but after i reinstalled it today i've also update this topic to reflect some of the changes i did. I also came to the conclusion that upgrading to a Phenom (with the only goal in mind having better tv deinterlacing / post-processing for the IGP) was a bit overdone so i went for another solution.. buying a dedicated GFX card.. My choice is the ATI Radeon 4550 from Gigabyte (see the link in the TODO list) which will give me this also but costing me 30-50% of what a Phenom would cost. Another added bonus is that i have LPCM 7.1 sound over HDMI as a temporary "upgrade" untill i get the bitstream capable soundcard from Asus (XONAR 1.3 also see todolist for details). This all means ofcourse that i'll be leaving the 780G onboard stuff and have a little more power consumed but i think it's all worth it.

I also left Vista -64-bit again and went back to 32-bit.. the system ran fine most of the time but i would sometimes get weird permissions problems on reboot and it took me about 2-3 reboots again to get it working Now i'm back to Vista 32-bit and all is fine again.

 

[armandp]

Oke just installed the new videocard and i'm a happy camper. Deinterlacing isnt an issue anymore and I have 7.1 (LPCM) sound through HDMI for the time being. Didn't notice any other visual changes going from the IGP to the 4550 other than the effects of post-processing enhancements when watching TV. Playing progressive content is identical to me. I do however get the 512MB of ram back for my OS to use because i disabled the IGP completely.

If you were wondering why i bought this particular brand card out of all the other ati cards:

1) it's passively cooled
2) it has a native HDMI output - i don't like the dongle approach because i don't have room for something sticking out the back of the HTPC

First impression = gooood

 

[Justchill]

didn't you have a 5.1 speaker system ?

 

[armandp]

yep i miss two speakers

 

[bombenbomben]

Hi,
trying to get mi dipslay working. Read thethread and it seems that cyberdisplay works, problem is that i cant find cyberisplay, anyone have a link to where i can download it??

 

[RoXoR]

Hi,
trying to get mi dipslay working. Read thethread and it seems that cyberdisplay works, problem is that i cant find cyberisplay, anyone have a link to where i can download it??

https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/support-119/cybrdisplay-external-status-plugin-34521/

 

[armandp]

it's called MiniDisplay now and it available by default in MediaPortal 1.0 under process plugins.

 

[mironicus]

armandp

You have the new Radeon HD 4550? Do you still have the flicker problem with this card within Mediaportal?

 

[henk99]

other than the effects of post-processing enhancements when watching TV. Playing progressive content is identical to me.

Can you tell me how to setup post-processing for MP? I have a similar setup and would like to try this as well.