Need help choosing a vid card

[Jarrad88]

im building up a new HTPC and i need to get a video card that will run at 100hertz with my tv and also be 1080p it will be used for HD and Blueray is there any segestions out there
the machine its going in is a
Q6600 quad core
4gb ram
1tb hdd
have not picked the tv tunner yet any segestions on that would be good as well looking to do dual tunner but want to have both HD
any help would be a good help

[merovingian]

Although your TV is 100Hz, the signal from the TV will still be 50Hz. In your case, 1080p50. No need for 100Hz output from the card.

If I was going to buy another card now (and I probably am), I would get a passively cooled 9600GT. Such a card will cost you something like $175, but looking at your system specs, I don't expect this price tag bothers you. It's got all the H.264/VC-1 GPU decode malarky, plus plenty of shader grunt for high quality deinterlacing of 1080i MPEG2. Of course, it's just one possibility out of many.

[vlad]

Originally Posted by merovingian

I would get a passively cooled 9600GT. Such a card will cost you something like $175, but looking at your system specs, I don't expect this price tag bothers you. It's got all the H.264/VC-1 GPU decode malarky, plus plenty of shader grunt for high quality deinterlacing of 1080i MPEG2.

+1
I have Palit 9600GT Sonic, and childishly happy with PQ on 46" Bravia. After so many different video cards, I was not happy with, this one is here to stay.

[Aldo]

I have just bought a ATI ASUS 4670 card and have had great difficulties setting it up. The picture quality is fantastic, but the setting up is diabolical compared to Nvidia 7900gt I had previously. The output keeps wanting to default to the HDMI output rather than the DVI which gives a clearer picture. I had to reduce the resolution to 1280x720 for a stable output, anything over would give a blank screen on the DVI.I suspect it has something to do with HDTV, EDID from the Sony TV, scaling and driver bugs. I seem to always have problms with ATI software.

Lincoln

[Vico]

If your looking for an ati one, the ati 4850 passive cooled one, (GV-R485MC-1GH)

Check out this post for pics: Give a newbie some clarity

[CowBoy Bob]

The output keeps wanting to default to the HDMI output rather than the DVI which gives a clearer picture.

I am not sure if that statement is possible...the clearer picture bit.

[Aldo]

Originally Posted by CowBoy Bob

The output keeps wanting to default to the HDMI output rather than the DVI which gives a clearer picture.

I am not sure if that statement is possible...the clearer picture bit.

I am just noting what I saw. The HDMI desktop is slightly grainy compared to the desktop from the DVI output. The video picture from the tuner however is similar in appearance to both outputs. Mind you I probably haven't set it up properly, not having a complete understanding of how everything goes together (codecs, drivers, software, EDID, bios, etc ).

I read elsewhere in the forum that there is an issue with the HDMI from the GA MA78GM-S2H motherboard and Sony lcd TVs, and I guess I may have a similar issue with the HD 4670.

Anyway I have now purchased a HD 3450 video card which I intend to use with Vista crossfired with the IGP (for the very light gaming my kids do). This card is passive and does not have HDMI so it works fine with the Sony TV. I will use the HD 4670 in a MCE 2005 setup with Dell 24" monitor which should cope with any resolution the card should care to select. (Fingers crossed).

Lincoln