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I recently happened across xbmc and what it can do and am super excited. SO I have pieced together a PC for it of stuff lying around as my first experience with it. Going to hook it up to a 46" LCD tv but maybe carry it over to a 60" 3d tv as well. I have 3 options for a video card and I cant seem to figure out for myself which option would be best. I was hoping someone could shed some light for me and help a brother out.
First option:
Motherboard is an Asus P8Z68-V Pro so it has onboard HDMI out. I could output video through the HDMI and sound from the optical or sound from the HDMI port and video from the DVI-D port to my tv.
Second option:
EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP
Third option:
EVGA 9800 GTX
I want the ability to play anything and play 3d.
Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read!
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eskro
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i suggest you read the forum stickies.
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They do not directly answer my questions. it says for 3d get a gt430. well i do not want to buy hardware, I have a bunch of options already. My 295 can run circles around that 430 but cant do dx11 which does not have any bearing as I am not playing games on XBMC or the PC. A 295 can do 3d vision surround so does that mean I can output 3d video from it through DVI-D? Can it not do 3d and I should just use the on board video from my motherboard and not waste the power?
If I cant do 3d then is it a good option to use the 9800 instead of relying on the on board video as it will perform better?
Unless I am blind the stickies in this part of the forum do not answer my questions which is why I made a post.
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I super appreciate you taking the time to reply. I am actually trying to use what I have and not buy anything.
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Pro
Processor: i5-2400 3.1Ghz Quad-Core
RAM: Corsair 8G
OS: Windows 7 64bit
The motherboard I have has an on board Intel graphics from the Z68 chipset which they call iGPU.
So with that said if my 295 can not do 3d(which I still do not know if it can and am hoping someone can answer if it can) with whats on board is there a point to using the 9800 GTX or 295 if neither can do 3d? If none of my 3 options do 3d then I will be happy to forgo that part.
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eskro
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i believe the i5-2400 is capable of playing Full 1080P 3D side-by-side
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See I could not find that information for the life of me, all I could find is them talking about 3d vision and I am not trying to do that.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Guess I will give my 295 a shot and see what happens.
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well, your CPU has onboard video...
and your CPU is strong enough for 3d playback, im pretty sure
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thank you eskro and bluray. going to button up my cpu and install windows and learn to configure xbmc and stuffs ;P.
