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<blockquote data-quote="Tech Geek" data-source="post: 36518" data-attributes="member: 18181"><p>If you want the best video playback the NVidia PureVideo and ATi Avivo cards are best.</p><p></p><p>The Avivo based cards were shown to have lower CPU usage in video playback and better quality for some sources:</p><p><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1916994,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1916994,00.asp</a></p><p></p><p>I don't have an NVidia so I can't make any suggestions beyond support for PureVideo.</p><p></p><p>For Avivo cards...</p><p>For a passive cooled PCI express card I'd suggest an X1300 from Sapphire. I own this one and I love it:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102622" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102622</a></p><p></p><p>One review: </p><p><a href="http://casemodgod.com/Reviews-story--96.html" target="_blank">http://casemodgod.com/Reviews-story--96.html</a></p><p>BTW, there is another review where they overclocked the card and you are welcome to search for it it you care.</p><p></p><p>For hard core gaming I'd suggest going with at least an X1600 based card.</p><p></p><p>If you want an AGP card (and that's what it sounds like) this would be your only Avivo option I'm aware of and it's X1600 based:</p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102677" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102677</a></p><p></p><p>Kinda pricy that last one but it will stomp on the other mentioned cards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tech Geek, post: 36518, member: 18181"] If you want the best video playback the NVidia PureVideo and ATi Avivo cards are best. The Avivo based cards were shown to have lower CPU usage in video playback and better quality for some sources: [url]http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1916994,00.asp[/url] I don't have an NVidia so I can't make any suggestions beyond support for PureVideo. For Avivo cards... For a passive cooled PCI express card I'd suggest an X1300 from Sapphire. I own this one and I love it: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102622[/url] One review: [url]http://casemodgod.com/Reviews-story--96.html[/url] BTW, there is another review where they overclocked the card and you are welcome to search for it it you care. For hard core gaming I'd suggest going with at least an X1600 based card. If you want an AGP card (and that's what it sounds like) this would be your only Avivo option I'm aware of and it's X1600 based: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102677[/url] Kinda pricy that last one but it will stomp on the other mentioned cards. [/QUOTE]
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