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<blockquote data-quote="SwiftShock" data-source="post: 557401" data-attributes="member: 98997">I started building and HTPC about 4 months ago now out of a relic desktop I had laying around (this is my first PC build). It started with the purchase of a Nvidia Geforce 9400 gt 1gb PCI video card and now the only thing that is left from the original PC is the power supply and case.The video card seemed so good the time, but now is the weakest point on the computer(aside from the ugly case). Now that I am slightly educated, I think I should have done a little more research. Card's performing well, but video while browsing MP menus stutters a bit and Blu-rays hiccup every ten minutes or so. My question is, for what I'm doing, what would be a good card for me? I'm obviously running MediaPortal (1.1.0), watching DVDs, Blu-rays, and playing music. I also might be gaming on it eventually.Any recommendations would be great. Middle of the road preferably. I already have a lot of money into the PC.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />My setup:Windows 7 Home Primium 64bitAMD Phenom II x4 965 B.E.Kingston 4gb of DDR3 R.A.M.(2gb x 2)Nvidia GeForce 9400 gt 1gb PCI &lt;-this is what In would like to change. I have PCI and PCI-E ports available.Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2 Mother board80gb HDD for OS and programs1.5tb HDD for media filesDVI to HDMI to Vizio 42&quot; display</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SwiftShock, post: 557401, member: 98997"] I started building and HTPC about 4 months ago now out of a relic desktop I had laying around (this is my first PC build). It started with the purchase of a Nvidia Geforce 9400 gt 1gb PCI video card and now the only thing that is left from the original PC is the power supply and case. The video card seemed so good the time, but now is the weakest point on the computer(aside from the ugly case). Now that I am slightly educated, I think I should have done a little more research. Card's performing well, but video while browsing MP menus stutters a bit and Blu-rays hiccup every ten minutes or so. My question is, for what I'm doing, what would be a good card for me? I'm obviously running MediaPortal (1.1.0), watching DVDs, Blu-rays, and playing music. I also might be gaming on it eventually. Any recommendations would be great. Middle of the road preferably. I already have a lot of money into the PC. :thx: My setup: Windows 7 Home Primium 64bit AMD Phenom II x4 965 B.E. Kingston 4gb of DDR3 R.A.M.(2gb x 2) [B]Nvidia GeForce 9400 gt 1gb PCI[/B] <-this is what In would like to change. I have PCI and PCI-E ports available. Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2 Mother board 80gb HDD for OS and programs 1.5tb HDD for media files DVI to HDMI to Vizio 42" display [/QUOTE]

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