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HTPC card,big screen

Thanks for the quick reply.

Planning on using Media Center with shark007 codecs but if mpc can be used with media center i will use that :)
 
I think you'd be better off with a 5450 personally. Price is the same but you get Dolby TrueSound passthrough that way. Should be very cool and quiet, I think there are already passive versions about.

Are you sure you need a GPU though? What integrated graphics do you have? I assume you're only playing video?

The Shark codec pack looks good, it should give you full DXVA support where available. It's what I'd use if I was using Media Center insted of MediaPortal. MPC is a different video player, useful to have but it doesn't integrate with WMC in any way. The Shark codec may even contain the MPC codecs already.
 
Meh, be no difference in picture quality , both will drop CPU utilization down to 10% and below, so for the audio I would go ATI.
 
I'd go for the ATi just to get the TrueHD. Coreavc is over rated imo, stopped using it awhile back. Reasonable cpu can handle most h264 streams and you can't easily get the TrueHD to an amp without the ATi. I currently use a 9600GT, more than likely a 5450 will be the replacement.
 
fornowagain said:
I'd go for the ATi just to get the TrueHD. Coreavc is over rated imo, stopped using it awhile back. Reasonable cpu can handle most h264 streams and you can't easily get the TrueHD to an amp without the ATi. I currently use a 9600GT, more than likely a 5450 will be the replacement.
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It is the only solution to guarantee 100% decoding of all h264 streams, ATI don't have an answer to that at the moment. But I agree if you have a decent CPU then it will be able to handle all the decoding anyway. By decent I would say a 3Ghz core 2 duo or pretty much any intel quad.
 
K,thanks lads.Will get the 5450

Will it fit in the antec micro fusion?The card is low profile but i dont know if the bracket is
 
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mrteabag said:
K,thanks lads.Will get the 5450

Will it fit in the antec micro fusion?The card is low profile but i dont know if the bracket is
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My Sapphire 5450 came with both sized brackets so you should be fine. Also I've used both a 5450 and GT220 for HTPC use and there really is no visible difference.
 
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