slick_tech15
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I'm connecting a computer to my HD Television, but i don't have a video card for it. What would you guys suggest?
no.Thanks a lot. But if I were to get one of those without the hdmi port and instead purchase a dvi to hdmi adapter, would there be any quality loss?
I'm pretty sure DVI -> HDMI can support all HDMI modes (including 1080p)DVI > hdmi port wont lose any quality, but...unless im wrong here, dvi only supports 1080i while hdmi supports 1080p, so using a converter you wont be able to output 1080p. I could be wrong on this one.
So does the 3850But also, the card i linked and am using also supplies sound if you dont have a board with good onboard sound.
yeah but the card's not nearly powerful enough to do the rendering on its own. the 3850 does all the HD video rendering, since it has UVD on the GPU. That's going to free-up resources.And its 100 bucks cheaper than a 3850
with an 8500 GT, the CPU will do most of the encoding for HD videoSo far my 80 dollar 8500gt is working just fine, i havent had a chance to test out HD encoding yet, as i havent found anyone who has the LG bd/hd-dvd player in stock
with an 8500 GT, the CPU will do most of the encoding for HD video