[H] Question on video card for HTPC

[Thane Sherrington]

I have an HTPC with an X1650 video card that I'm playing back 720p 
using VLC player.  It works wonderfully, but when I try 1080p, I'm 
getting intermittent chop.  What would be a good, inexpensive, lower 
power PCIe video card for an HTPC, and should I switch from VLC 
player to something else?  I've been reading that KMPlayer is better 
(in the free world) or I should move to ZoomPlayer or CoreAVC (I used 
Zoomplayer on my old HTPC, but the license wouldn't move to the new one.)

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