Well a 5770 would definitely do it. But you'd add noise. The 8800gts has shitty PQ and will be loud. So id pass on that. I just mentioned the 5450 to fit with your goal of dead quiet. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:24:57 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Good enough to play only HTPC? Yes, 3.0GHz Core 2 Duo E6850 (from 2007). I have a Geforce 8800 GTS or an ati Radeon 5770 that I could toss in the box. I've been doing m4v 1080p, but I'm up to trying other formats, too, right up to blu-rays in iso format on the disc. i'm not sure where an ati 5450 fits with these two cards I have... On 7/9/2011 10:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > What kind of 1080p? 3ghz what? Core2duo (like a 6850 etc?). > > If you want containered mkv, and say youtube 1080 (flash) you probably want > to grab at least an ati 5450.. You can get them fanless. > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:33:14 > To:<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Good enough to play only HTPC? > > Folks, > > I have this mobo: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128396 > > which has hdmi out and Intel GMA X4500 on-board graphics. > > I want to build a simple HTPC that just plays 1080p video over a > network, plays youtube 1080p, etc....no transcoding on this as I have > other machines which do this fine. Just playback, surfing. Either WMC or > XBMC. Any comment on which of those is better? > > I have a 3.0 GHz Dual Core processor in this mobo right now (it's in WHS > box, which I'm not really using much). > > Will this do the job? I want it super quiet and will buy a case which > makes it look right in my home theater. I could add a graphics card to > this box if needed, but I'd rather keep it simple. I'm hoping to do > this on the cheap with stuff I already have (except the case). I don't > need any optical in this box. > > Thanks. >
