Budget card for HTPC, powering 1080p TV

[Admetos]

Could someone recommend a budget card for a HTPC, it will be powering a 50" full HD TV. Not really any games, but most important is smooth video playback (no stuttering). Only looking for Nvidia as prefer Nvidia drivers.

I had this card in mind

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-268-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2304

The computer is an i5 750 on a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 that i'm recycling, will likely run the i5 750 at stock due to heat. I mention this as I once had an AMD PCI Express Card 3.0 and it had issues on PCI Express 2.0 boards.

Also whats quicker 128bit DDR3, or 64bit GDDR5

Thanks in advance

 

[CEUOTC]

**B Grade** MSI GeForce GTX 750 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N (GX-247-MS)

The above card might be worth a look.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Also whats quicker 128bit DDR3, or 64bit GDDR5

GDDR5 is twice the speed of DDR3, so for the same memory clock, both are around the same speed (effectively anyway).

 

[Admetos]

Thanks for the responses, i'm going to pick up a GT 730 tomorrow from OCUK, however I need some extra help please.

Some GT 730's are listed as maximum wattage 49, and some max wattage 23 or 25, please see link below.

http://www.geforce.co.uk/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-730/specifications

Could someone please pick me out a budget 730 card that's one of the lower wattage's?

 

[Admetos]

In the end I backtracked and picked up a GT 720 1GB passive.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-267-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2304

It only uses 19w, and it's GDDR5 according to Nvidia has almost twice the bandwidth of the 2GB DDR3 version.

I have the card in a HTPC, totally fine for 1080p full HD. Won't play 4k video but as I only have a 1080p TV not an issue.