x800gt +hdtv ?

[slap ed]

hi guys my brother in law has purchased a 26" hdtv and wants to know if this card has enough grunt to dual monitor with 17" tft . also will it even play movies on hdtv or is it as i think just the x1*** series cards that have support for hdtv ? thx in advance

 

[IceShock]

hi guys my brother in law has purchased a 26" hdtv and wants to know if this card has enough grunt to dual monitor with 17" tft . also will it even play movies on hdtv or is it as i think just the x1*** series cards that have support for hdtv ? thx in advance

You would need a HD2900XT or a 8800nvidia card to even begine to play HDTV on a 26" with reasonable FPS

 

[Lanz]

hi guys my brother in law has purchased a 26" hdtv and wants to know if this card has enough grunt to dual monitor with 17" tft . also will it even play movies on hdtv or is it as i think just the x1*** series cards that have support for hdtv ? thx in advance

DVD/MPEG2 movies will be fine. Gaming will be ok with older games as the screen is only probably 1360x768.

 

[willhub]

Most good graphics card can play at that res easilly, its only when you get to 1080P.

 

[james.miller]

You would need a HD2900XT or a 8800nvidia card to even begine to play HDTV on a 26" with reasonable FPS

it's a 26" so what..720p/768p? (1280x720 or 1366x768)

frankly it shouldnt have many problems unless he is looking to max everything out. Your statement quite honestly is rubbish.

 

[slap ed]

thx for the replys guys i don't think he was expecting miracles but hopefully it will have enough legs .

 

[slap ed]

it's a 26" so what..720p/768p? (1280x720 or 1366x768)

frankly it shouldnt have many problems unless he is looking to max everything out. Your statement quite honestly is rubbish.

i don't know what the res is i am going round tonight , i just wanted to get a little info before i go round thx

 

[queamin]

I never played hd dvd but could play games at 1360 x 768 with my x800xl ok they were not maxed but played them fine.

 

[Darkwave]

You would need a HD2900XT or a 8800nvidia card to even begine to play HDTV on a 26" with reasonable FPS

Errrr, no? The onboard 6100 in my HTPC is doing a fine job of running even 1080p video at the moment because I "borrowed" the graphics card out of it. The most basic GPU will do the job of running HD video, it's CPU power you need.

 

[slap ed]

cpu shouldn't be to bad opty 146 @2.5 on dfi ultra d
just a slowish graphics card

 

[Darkwave]

cpu shouldn't be to bad opty 146 @2.5 on dfi ultra d
just a slowish graphics card

Seriously I think you will be absolutely fine.

I'd be shocked if that machine can't play HD video, it honestly doesn't take a lot.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

x800gt will be fine running 1360x768, i got a 7600gs doing good work at that rez and most games i have on it run with full details.

only thing is you may need to run powerstrip to be able to set that custom resolution to work.

 

[KangooVanMan]

My boy uses x800gt, it is a great little card he plays @ 1440x900 medium detail. It always impresses me how well everything runs. It doesn't like AA very much though.
He used to run 2 screens on it too. 1x 1280x1024 crt 1x 1024x768 lcd, worked really well.
His one is the 8 pipe r420 core with 256bit gddr3, it has been clocked using riva tuner to 500/1000 since the day I brought it for him (18 months+).