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<blockquote data-quote="Lotsofjazz" data-source="post: 323722" data-attributes="member: 64243">To finish this thread, I have bought a cheap Gainward HD4650 with 1024 DDR2 and a HDMI, DVI and VGA on board.. I know, noise wise not the best choice, BUT because I am using it for watching TV and movies, the fan, which is the noisy part, is turned off most of the time.. some times it runs for a minute or so, and then it is quiet for hours again.. So for me this IS a quiet solution.. For people who are also using their HTPC for playing games at high frame rates, I would not buy this one, and invest a little more in a passive cooled version like the HIS mentioned above.The result of this upgrade is brilliant, especially with fast paced movies and TV it shows.. I never liked watching formula1 racing because it was so blured due to the fast moving images.. you could see the graphics card (x1250) could not keep up with the images, so it dropped one here and there. Same with HD TV like History channel and National Geographic HD, all runs smooth now. I have allso tried 1080i output (max of my HD ready TV) and now shows a brilliant picture as well, with the X1250 this was worse then 720P, but now I cant see any difference.. Therefore I have it on 720P now, so I allso still can read the characters when turning to internet or something.And all for just 71 Euros including shipping!Lots</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lotsofjazz, post: 323722, member: 64243"] To finish this thread, I have bought a cheap Gainward HD4650 with 1024 DDR2 and a HDMI, DVI and VGA on board.. I know, noise wise not the best choice, BUT because I am using it for watching TV and movies, the fan, which is the noisy part, is turned off most of the time.. some times it runs for a minute or so, and then it is quiet for hours again.. So for me this IS a quiet solution.. For people who are also using their HTPC for playing games at high frame rates, I would not buy this one, and invest a little more in a passive cooled version like the HIS mentioned above. The result of this upgrade is brilliant, especially with fast paced movies and TV it shows.. I never liked watching formula1 racing because it was so blured due to the fast moving images.. you could see the graphics card (x1250) could not keep up with the images, so it dropped one here and there. Same with HD TV like History channel and National Geographic HD, all runs smooth now. I have allso tried 1080i output (max of my HD ready TV) and now shows a brilliant picture as well, with the X1250 this was worse then 720P, but now I cant see any difference.. Therefore I have it on 720P now, so I allso still can read the characters when turning to internet or something. And all for just 71 Euros including shipping! Lots [/QUOTE]

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