Nvidia 8600GT or 8800GT or ATI 2600XT. Look for fanless ones. They are silent. The less fans you have in your HTPC the better. They will give you great HD. DVI output is also digital and offers the same resolution as HDMI, you can get a converter cable to HDMI. You should be able to play blueray and hd-dvd nicely as long as the video card itself is HDCP complient.
Like: http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/asus-en8600gt-silenthtdp256m-geforce-8600gt-256mb-gddr3-pcie-hdcp-dual-dvi/cName/video-cards That place has alot of HTPC gear and are very close to newegg in price. Are you going vista ultimate for HTPC or something like SageTV on vista/xp? I run an entire SageTV setup throughout my house. Nice stuff. Capture cards are another whole can o worms. Feel free to fire off more questions, this stuff can be pretty confusing at times. Jeff On Jan 4, 2008 12:03 PM, Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am specing out a media center pc that I am building from scratch. I'm > not quite sure what to get for a video card. My biggest question is HDCP. > I plan on getting a blue-ray drive for movies, and the tv will be 1080p. > Of the HDCP video cards, they look like they only have dvi outputs, and no > hdmi. Will these cards work with a hd tv? Don't I need to be connected via > hdmi cables for the best resolution? > > Also, what other components need to be hdcp ready to get the full > resolution of hd movies? I'd hate to miss out because of one component. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249779 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
