Topic: PCI or AGP8x Video Card Help

[rockymtnryan]

I have a Compaq Presario SR1130NX with an AMD Athlon 2ghz processor.  I added RAM and a digital sound card about 2 yrs ago.  I'm running into my stereo via optical and into my HDTV via the standard monitor cable.  I would like to play HD movies from my external drives or streaming.  I want to find a video card that will offer HDMI out to the TV.  Any ideas?

It seems like most these days are PCI-Express.  The problem I have is I only have PCI or AGP8X available.

Thanks in advance.

[Gordon]

can't recommend a card but agp will be faster than pci.  from google

AGP 8x is much faster than PCI (not PCI express x8 or PCI express 2.0).

For comparison: PCI = 133 to 533mb/sec , AGP 8x = 2.1 gb/sec

newegg still sells both agp and pci cards.

[mattmiller]

Only one on Newegg that qualifies.  It has good reviews, but not cheap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161337

[mattmiller]

Same card on Amazon.  Same price, but free shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Radeon-Native-Graphics-H467QS1GHA/dp/B003CYKCG8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334592605&sr=8-1

[H₂O]

You could get a cheaper card with a DVI output and get a cheap DVI > HDMI adapter - make sure the card you get can drive your TV (i.e. if 1080p then make sure the card supports 1920 x 1080 output for example) - YOu may need to keep your audio connections in place as DVI connectors do not always carry audio.

Some encoded content may be choppy on your computer as some HD encoded content works best with hardware that supports this decoding in hardware (i.e. the graphics card/processor) so you may want to look into that as well (i.e. will the card support bluray or h.264 decoding)

[rastasean]

http://www.raspberrypi.org/

its played HD videos before.

more about it in this thread: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=154372.0