Hi
What video card would be sufficient to play full hd (1080) movies on my old Athlon 64 3000+ CPU? Is this possible?
Thank you
which GPU cardd slot you have on your motherboard?
AGP? PCI-Express?
A GT210 would be the cheapest if your mobo can take it. I bought one for $10 bucks after mail in rebate and it works pretty darn good.
What about Radeon HD4650?
Or may be changing MB and CPU would be cheaper?
Sapphire Radeon HD4650 1GB 128-bit DDR2 AGP Price after rebate: $69.99
Additional multi-media capabilities are included,
with the implementation of Unified Video Decode (UVD)
a special core logic hardware based decode for MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC1.
UVD offers official support for BD-Live through dual video stream decoding
and Picture-in-Picture mode.
Specifically the RV730 features UVD2.2,
which enhances compatibility for MPEG-2/H.264/VC-1 video,
an incremental upgrade over the UVD2 found on the RV770/RV790 based cards.
The Sapphire HD4650 AGP features three outputs, dual DVI and a TV-out.
Included in the box are DVI to VGA adapters and a DVI to HDMI adapter.