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[Zebu Fellenz]

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Hi Guys,

I'm looking at getting another PC for the theater, one that will be closer to being ready for next-gen HD formats.

The PC I'm looking at has a the following

Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 mother board
GEforce 6200 graphics card
Western Digital SATA2 320GB hard drive
Netgear WG311T
Athena power 400 watt power supply
CD/DVD RW drive
HDA Mistique 7.1 sound card
2.4GHz dual core Athlon x64
2 512MB sticks of kingston Hyperx ram
Athena Power 4U rackmount case

I'm assuming I will need a HD-DVD, Blu-ray drive , But what else will I need to get acceptable HD playback. I'm thinking a better video card but I'm not sure what?

Any and all advice is appreciated

Thanks,

Erik

[Chuchuf]

Is the 6200 on board graphics??
If not I have doubts it will work.
The 8500, 8600 or 8800 would be better choices.
The rest looks OK.

Terry

[Zebu Fellenz]

Thanks Terry,

The 6200 is a PCI-E card, and yes I was thinking of upgrading it. Any reccomendations for the best (read cheapest card that preforms well) video card to replace it with. Would I gain any real advantage by upping the RAM to 2gb.

Thanks,

Erik

[jask]

Cyberlink has a list of HD/BD compatible cards here:

http://www.cyberlink.com/multi/support/answerbox_productfaq.jsp?FID=2577&nProdId=31&ProdVerId=175&nCateId=5

[Mark_A_W]

The PC will be better with 2GB ram, but 1GB will do.

My Opteron 165 at 2.4 Ghz (same chip as X2 4400+) has laughed at every HD-DVD so far.

I also think you need a better video card.