[OTHER] Videocard upgrade for HDTV (4 Viewers)

[disaster123]

AW: Videocard upgrade for HDTV

So at the moment it seems there is no good card for HTPC which is lowprofile, passive and is capable for 1080i, VA and denoise, edgeenhancement?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

ECS Web Site

Might have "power bulge" in top of htpc

 

[disaster123]

AW: Re: Videocard upgrade for HDTV

ECS Web Site

Might have "power bulge" in top of htpc

isn't ATI's quality especially of VA for TV / HTPC still better than NVIDIA?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Have no ATI to compare too, just know it works for me, thats comparing Blu-rayHD files played thru MP, against SkyHD STB playing live tv, Blu-ray seem more spectacular colour wise, otherwise no complaints about either.

Think there are more video options under the Catalyst software, but then I think for the average person, these tweaks may never be needed.

 

[porky996t]

I have just upgraded the videocard from the onboard HD3200 to an ATI HD5550 - arrived in the post this morning. Prior to the upgrade I was getting pixelation, break up and stutter and it was particularly bad with fast panning scenes on HD TV - this was more noticeable on BBC HD Channels (although this is a slightly lower resolution than full HD). It wasn't really a satisfactory experience watching HD TV and I tended to go back to watching SD channels instead.

I really am impressed by the difference this change has made. I am now getting very few dropped frames (previously dropped about 2-3%) and the graph output from pressing Shift+1 gives hardly any variation in frame rate and sync offset - these previously were all over the place.

A good £40 spent on eBay in my opinion!



M.

 

[kiwijunglist]

totally, i keep telling people that onboard HD3200 doesn't do HDTV properly, but there are a few users who still tell people it's fine.

 

[porky996t]

It was always my intention to get a seperate video card, but I thought I would persevere with the onboard HD3200. I had it using 512Mb of RAM and overclocked it in the BIOS, but it still wasn't a great experience and reading several threads on the forum re HD problems just got me into action.

It seems to have made a difference to the usability of MP too - fast forward or rewind is better, and doing this now with any HD recordings doesn't cause any hiccups.

I think I would recommend anybody still using the onboard HD3200 to upgrade as it just gives better overall user experience.

 

[edterbak]

I own a MSI Cyclone HD5670. It has a fan, but it is nearly noiseless. Normal house sounds I can not hear it. Only when it is very quit after midnight and it is cooling after heavy use. And then still it is a soft breeze. This lasts a minute or so.... perfectly accaptable for the noiseless freak

Performance wise, I am VERY happy with it. It takes everything I throw at it. Does VA and I dont see pixelation, but that could be I dont have the bbc hd channel.

 

[disaster123]

AW: Videocard upgrade for HDTV

nobody here who switched to a core i3? I think about it.

 

[joostzilla]

Re: AW: Videocard upgrade for HDTV

nobody here who switched to a core i3? I think about it.

Check my system specs. (havent read the entire thread so i dont know if my reply is usefull. )