Best Card For MediaPlayer

[paradisiac]

as you can see from my sig, i have a 7200GS which does not have HDMI out and is quite poor. what would be the best budget card to use with my setup for watching films on our 42" 1080p TV ideally at full HD res. dont wanna spend a lot as the computer isnt used very often, but when it is used would like to know the quality we are watching is a lot better than we are now. have been using the PS3 for the last 6 months or so, but with its limited codecs it is getting rather annoying having to convert everything, which again loses quality. had ATI mainly in the past, my last setup had 2xHD5770 in xfire, but wont be needing anything like that this time.

 

[Kanpai]

What is your max budget? It's easier to look at cards depending on your budget, but you can get some ATI cards that will do 1080p flawlessy for under £50/60

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-164-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1699

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-193-XF&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=168

 

[paradisiac]

was looking at a top end £70 but would ideally like to get one for £40-£50

 

[pingu666]

i have ati 3600 in our media center which has been fine for 1080p stuff, for some really high bitrate stuff ive had to run off the hd rather than disk, thats probably not gfx card related though.

going for a passive card is probably best if your after a quiet system

 

[pingu666]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=168


one of those should be plenty tbh , what cpu/ram you have?

 

[paradisiac]

AMD ATHLON II X2 250 AM3, GA-M52LT-D3
2x2GB TeamXtreem Dark 1333MHz DDR3