I was just about to order the parts, but I came across a couple of stumbling blocks:
I'm generally seeing recommendations for the FX5200 Nvidia cards for their onboard MPEG2 decoding ... makes them a good candidate for HDTV out, and that's what I'm building this for. NOW, the hard part... should I get an AGP 4x/8x version or a regular PCI version? I can't seem to find a PCI Express version. If I got with AGP, it limit's my motherboard options to older chipsets, like the Intel 865PE. If I went with a PCI card, I could get the Intel 925XP or another newer chipset. So, the question is... what's more important -- the AGP bus bandwitdth or the possibility for a newer chipset to take better advantage of a 3.4 GHz CPU?
The other question is, what's a good audio card with SPDIF optical out? I'd prefer one that sounds good and is well supported to one that may be great but not widely used. Right now I'm looking at the:
AOpen Cobra AW870LP 8 (7.1) Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI
If a Soundblaster Audigy is a better choice, can someone help me with which model? There seem to be hundreds of them (okay, slight over statement :)
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