Hi guys,
I've got an ageing Celeron 2.4GHz system that I use as a media PC. Currently it has a Geforce 6800GT AGP and as I have recently discovered the combination is no good for 720p or higher video files.
Following this thread, it seems that a graphics card is probably the best upgrade path to take for now, assuming that I can get an AGP card that will hardware decode 720p and 1080p videos (H.264? I'm not up on the formats).
3D performance really isn't important at all, I need this purely for video output. I want to do this as cheap as possible too, so if the card has been out long enough to get on the second hand market, all the better.
Thanks
I've got an ageing Celeron 2.4GHz system that I use as a media PC. Currently it has a Geforce 6800GT AGP and as I have recently discovered the combination is no good for 720p or higher video files.
Following this thread, it seems that a graphics card is probably the best upgrade path to take for now, assuming that I can get an AGP card that will hardware decode 720p and 1080p videos (H.264? I'm not up on the formats).
3D performance really isn't important at all, I need this purely for video output. I want to do this as cheap as possible too, so if the card has been out long enough to get on the second hand market, all the better.
Thanks