Im currently on Nvidia Geforce 210 chipset, what should i move on to , if i were to upgrade. Any suggestions?

I have blu-ray rom intact on my htpc..though..

MCE remote...avr..subwoofer

No no, im talking about GC upgrade, my avr is good enough already..

ATI 5670

Hmm..good suggestion..any more good suggestions?

Radeon HD 5570

Anandtech calls it the perfect HTPC card at the lowest possible budget.

http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=669

Now I think the HD 5450 is out, but not as yet here locally, which I think is pretty soon!
Here's Anand's take on his latest article about the GC choice for HTPC.

Article on HTPC GC

Does my bluray movie on PC ran by Bluray ROM has to do anything with " must have a good GC" thingy?

Hey, advise for HTPC
1. E6500 + GT220
2. E7500 +GT220
3. Q8300+ onboard graphic G43

which is better?? n any GC better that GT220?

GT250 OC, GT260 OC, GT275 OC, GT285 OC, (if im not wrong)..

For HTPC, I suggest you look for configuration which can output HD Audio through HDMI.

Your setup could be:
Core2Duo or Core2Quad with ATI 5xxx series video card.
or
i3 or i5 with H55 or H57 motherboard which support HDMI audio.

My new favorite for HTPC frontend now is Media Center 7 + MediaBrowser. It's better than MediaPortal as I can't combine multiple share drive into one virtual folder. With WM7 + Mediabrowser, all my different HD movie can be combine into one virtual movie folder so I can access my movie from one view.



This post has been edited by pierreye: Feb 24 2010, 11:12 PM

That's tempting , but how much roughly the cost could be, maybe i need to get prepared..

If you do not need gaming, i3 + H55 should be quite cheap. I think cheapest board around RM 400 + RM 300++ for i3

Thanks for the info..IMHO the current setup that i have is far enough for my personal use..

NVIDIA GeForce 210 graphics card is quite enough to play bluray movie. But you cannot enjoy HD audio with this card.

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Added on February 25, 2010, 1:31 amYes i like this one.. but its production is quite slow.



This post has been edited by minimize: Feb 25 2010, 01:31 AM

without GC, can play HD mkv smoothly??

mpc-hc support video acceleration for intel i3/i5 + H55.

In fact I think Atom + Ion is not a good buy anymore for HTPC. You can get H55 ITX board with low power i3 which give you good performance and idle at around 25w. The plus is you get dual stream 1080p for blu-ray + HD Audio.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboa...-h55-itx-wifi/1

This post has been edited by pierreye: Feb 25 2010, 08:11 AM

Aiming for this

Very nice indeed How much is the casing?

IIRC around USD200

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