[Tricky]

my old video card (7600gt) died last week and now my computer wont play 720p videos smooth anymore with the build in video. Im looking for a (cheap ) one to put in there that has hardware support in xbmc (what was it called, vdua or something)
Saw this one http://www.informatique.nl/514509/club-3...ition.html
It has a HDMI out does that mean it is fast enough for 720p?

[numb7rs]

The current cheap recommended card is the GT210.

Here's one for the same price on that website.

[Mallet21]

Should be but I would go with a card that is much newer for the same price:
http://www.informatique.nl/519753/asus-e...ilent.html

**looks like numbers beat me to it**

[Tricky]

The current cheap recommended card is the GT210.

Here's one for the same price on that website.

Actually they have a gt220 here at the store for a good price, is that close enough to the one you recommend? And do these cheap ones do the hardware part of video instead of my main processor?

[Tricky]

Ok here's a dumb question my motherboard has a pciex16 slot (and 2 pci) does pci express 2.0 work with that?

[eskro]

GT210 is one of the BEST GPU cards to get....

i wouldnt pay more for a GT220...

i have a GT and it plays even the meanest 1080P movies out there!!

[Zon2020]

That store also has a Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 for € 28.50.

[Tricky]

@eskro so it does hardware render?? My computer doesn't need to be strong?
@Zon2020 whats the difference between a gt And that one?

Oh and I was asking for the 220 because they have it here in the store, the other ones I have to wait for a friend to come here
I live on a crappy little island without allot of computer stores

[Zon2020]

[QUOTE=Tricky;801457
@Zon2020 whats the difference between a gt And that one?

[/quote]

The GT is an NVIDIA chip based card, the 5450 is an ATI(AMD) chip.

The 5450 is a very popular basic HTPC video chip. You can find lots of inexpensive passively cooled 5450 cards by a variety of manufacturers.

I happen to like ATI video cards and that particular chip (have 2 of them), and I haven't used the GT210 so I can't compare them. In reading about it, the general consensus seems to be that ATI has a slightly better picture, but NVIDIA has much better drivers and stability.

Lots of people on this board like the GT210.

I expect either would work well for you.

[numb7rs]

ATI has a slightly better picture, but NVIDIA has much better drivers and stability.

Lots of people on this board like the GT210.

I expect either would work well for you.

^This.

[eskro]

basically, get the cheapest card you can....

GT210 or HD5450 is fine for windows...

[y2adre]

I have a geforce 210 1gb ddr3 in my htpc and all my 1080p movies run smoothly and the system is so quiet. I do agree that the radeon 5450 is just as good, but the htpc system I have has an intel processor. I usually stick radeon with amd and nvidia with intel

[Tricky]

Got the 210 and works like a charm!
Thanks all for the help!