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| Thread ID: 62066 | 2005-09-25 23:24:00 | How Much would a graphics card upgrade affect a Media Centre PC | noone (22) | Press F1 |
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| 390858 | 2005-09-25 23:24:00 | Hi all Currently in our media centre Pc we have a Radeon 9200 SE ( 128 meg ) with it outputting ( via composite not S video ) to a 21 inch tv ( quality is good ) , i was wondering whether upgrading the Graphics card to a 6600GT or a 9600XT would make a noticable difference. Also is S Video any better quality then a regular composite cable - the new graphics card will have s video , currently we only have composite Stats AMD XP 2800 1 Gig Ram 9200Se Thanks |
noone (22) | ||
| 390859 | 2005-09-25 23:34:00 | difference between svideo and composite.......on a 21" tv your not going to notice any difference. you really need a high end and large tv to really notive the difference. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 390860 | 2005-09-25 23:43:00 | I have seen TV out running on all of those cards , no you will notice no real difference, ATI TV out does look a little bit crisper IMO but barely worth mentioning. Your gaming performance would of course imporve heaps on like a 6600GT :) |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 390861 | 2005-09-25 23:51:00 | The only place you'll see a difference is if you're using a High Definition TV (HDTV) capable graphics card. You will require a TV that supports HDTV though as well. A graphics board capable of this will set you back a bit $$$-wise but if you're a stickler for quality etc then it's well worth it. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 390862 | 2005-09-26 08:48:00 | how about upgrading a IDE 133 HDD with a 2 meg buffer to a sata I drive with an 8 meg buffer | noone (22) | ||
| 390863 | 2005-09-26 08:52:00 | And I take it, u have onboard SATA? Depends what u want to do with the SATA. It might load Windows, a bit faster, thats about it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 390864 | 2005-09-26 23:44:00 | yes onboard sata I will use the new drive to record on to and use features like time shifting with |
noone (22) | ||
| 390865 | 2005-09-27 00:09:00 | Depends what mpeg2 decoder you are using. If you get a 95xx or higher ati card you can get dxva and vmr9 hardware accelleration from the graphics adaptor. If you are using the nvidia mpeg2 decoder a nvidia 6200 card would allow you to use the nvidia pureview features in addition to vmr9 and dxva support. I have had trouble with suspending and resuming with nvidia cards though. | BIFF (1) | ||
| 390866 | 2005-09-27 04:23:00 | we have a leaktek Winfast DV 2000 Tv capture card | noone (22) | ||
| 390867 | 2005-09-27 04:33:00 | In your guys opinion for the max of $250 what do you think will be the best upgrade possible for the PC - considering it is now a media centre pc and never used to be Stats Amd XP 2800 + 1 gig ram 80 Gig 2meg buffer IDE HDD DL , DVD RW Leadtek DV 2000 TV Card Ati Radeon 9200 SE Thanks |
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