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HDCP Compatible card for my media centre

nikebee

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Howdy....

Been thinking about popping a Blu-Ray drive into my media centre, and I hear that the TV and graphics card both need to be HDCP compliant.

Now I'm presuming that the 7800GT I've got in there at the moment isn't?

So what would be the best card available that would give me on par performance and that magic four letters that I need :)

The thing doesn't get used for anything other than TV/DVD/Music so I don't need a monster of I card.

Anyone know how to check if your TV is HDCP compliant?

I've got a Hanns-G tele that was sold on OcUK a year or so back.

Done some digging at the Hanns-G JT261 does seem to be HDCP compatible, I'm just a little annoyed as I thought I had a 28" tv not a 26"... damn, and I've been telling the girlfriend it's 2 inches longer than it really is...


*looks around shiftily*
 
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I'd say have a look at the ati 3450 256mb. Apparently its the mutts nuts for HD playback, cheap and passively cooled. Not much cop for gaming obviously, but great for dvds, etc. :)
The only reason I didn't get one meself is I need a reasonable card for gaming as well. Personally I'd go for the HIS versh as the dvi>hdmi dongle is guaranteed to work, theres been some theads going about some suppliers don't include the dongle in the box and a standard one doesn't work reliably, it has to be one supplied by ati themselves, ie, in the box. sapphire work ok as well so I'vwe been told.
 
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I think an 8800GT would be a little too much really.

I have a Q6600, 4GB DDR2 G.Skill, 8800GTX, Vista Premium 64bit (yadda yadda yadda) machine that I use for gaming.

My Media Centre is running Vista Premium 32bit, C2D E2160 (I think), 2GB ram and a 7800GT.

It's mainly used to watching/recording freeview, DVD's and playing music.

Would I really need an 8800GT for BluRay??
 
The Gainward BLISS GeForce 8600 GT has caught my attention as it has inbuilt HDMI.

About the ATI 3450, would there be any issues moving from an nVidia card to an ATI card with Vista?

I know XP used to be a little fiddly years ago if you didn't remove the drivers properly.
 
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