Re: Need hd card recommendation

Do you recommend any certain one of those cards for HD? Also, what do you
suggest about a sound card. I need to be able to pass dolby digital to my
receiver.



"JW" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You will need a new video card, one with at least 10GB/sec of memory
> bandwidth to handle the HD programs. You certainly want one that has DVI
> output because certainly do not want to output your HD programs over
> S-Video since the HD video would be downscaled to the S-Video standard of
> 480i. Cards with 128MB of memory and using the NVIDIA 6600GT or the ATI
> x700 chip have the required memory bandwidth. Possible HDTV cards are made
> by Avermedia, ATI, and DVICO.
>
> "Brandon Baker" <mrmoneymatters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:epzygXusFHA.908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I recently acquired a computer from my job. It is a 2.8 p4 with 512mb ram,
>>dvd rom and cd burner. I have a Geforce3 video card I am going to install
>>for video. I would like a recommendation for a hd tuner card. I only need
>>one tuner. This is just to get the thing going. I want to start using it
>>as soon as possible.
>>
>> Also, I have a high def tv, what do you recommend using to connect the
>> video card to the tv? I can use svideo or dvi.
>>
>> --
>> Brandon Baker
>> A+, Net+, MCSA, MCSE
>>
>
>


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