Need a budget card

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I need a budget graphics card recommendation. Usage will be general internet, watching DVDs and hd files streamed from a small server. The machine is basically just encoding but after moving it to another room I am thinking of hooking it up to a PX80 aswell. I don't game but may get a Bluray drive in the future.

Rest of spec is
Q6600
P965 DS3
3gb Geil ULL PC6400 (2x1gb + 2x512mb)
Raptor
WD 640GB.
Corsair HX620.

 

[plasmahal]

With that rig spec you would fly with games....


Anyway, you have not specified what your budget is so here is my recommendation:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 Silence 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11125-10-21R)

Play the Vista™way!Ignite your imagination with the technology that makes distant worlds erupt with vibrant textures rendered in High-Definition clarity a reality. The SAPPHIRE HD3450 is Microsoft VISTA™ compatible with awesome power of 40 stream processing units, accelerates next generation DirectX® 10 games while remaining best in its price vs. performance class. Support for the latest Shader Model 4 boost the level of realism provided by the HD3450 to new heights and the available on board memory of 256MB or 512MB of DDR/GDDR ensures a smooth frame rate in all of today's hot titles and applications. Enhance the way you play not the amount you pay.

- Powered by Radeon® HD 3450 GPU @ 600MHz
- 512MB(64bit) DDR2 memory @ 1000MHz
- Superscalar unified shader architecture
- 40 stream processing units
- 64-bit memory interface
- DirectX® 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
- PCI Express® 2.0 support
- ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance

£32.19 inc VAT

Should meet your dvd/HD playback needs ok.

 

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Thanks plasmahal.

The Radeon HD3450 would probably be a good choice as if I have any plans down the line to upgrade I can put it in my GA-MA78GM-S2H (htpc) and run hybrid crossfire.