Video card recomendations?

[ddrawley]

Sub, what is the minimum ATI or NVidia you recommed for HD playback?

[ddrawley]

This link seems to bear discussion. Would you agree with it Sub?

http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11042

[capone]

I tried an ATI, but I missed nVidia's color-boosting function (digital vibrance setting). I also found less range on the the bright/contrast. Both of these were my own experiences. It was fine otherwuise, and this was last year, too.

[sub]

This link seems to bear discussion. Would you agree with it Sub?

http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11042

Yeah, sounds about right to me.

We dont have HDTV here, so its not something I've spent a lot of time testing. I'll take the word of those that are using HD on a day to day basis as to whether a particular card is up to it.

[gEd]

I notice that no one uses ATI based cards. Are they that bad?

I have a passively cooled 9600pro and it works pretty well. The image is perhaps a little softer compared to live tv but there isn't a huge amount in it. cheap as chips 2nd hand nowerdays i suspect.

From my brief tests, the picture quality is virtually the same as my 9800pro which has more than enough power for vmr9.