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Hi guys, I'm buying a new PC and was wondering about the video card I should buy.
 
The thing is most reviews are about gaming and my priority is to be able to watch HDTV (Probably 1080p on an LCD TV) connecting the card directly to the TV (HDMI to DVI Cable
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6812189058).
 
My Main Priorities are:
 
1. 1080p capable to watch HD Movies on my TV (Mandatory).
2. Won't get obsolete for about 2-3 years.
3. Be able to do a little gaming (Medium quality settings on a 1680 x 1050 pixel monitor).
4. Low Noise.
 
I'm thinking about this Radeon HD 8500 256 MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814241066
since is a mid-low budget and is DirectX 10.1 compatible.
 
What do you guys think?


Message edited by rojito on 01-19-2008 at 07:55:52 PM
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Well if you want a decent playing video card as well as the very best HD you can get, you should take a look at this radeon HD 3850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814103049. You cant go wrong for only 169$ Thats a kickass product for the money

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Spyhawk , that's the card OP had in mind...
 
Nothing can beat the 3850's value atm imo...

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Thumbs up on the HD 3850. You could probably get away with an HD2600XT as well.  
 
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Spyhawk wrote :

Well if you want a decent playing video card as well as the very best HD you can get, you should take a look at this radeon HD 3850 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814103049. You cant go wrong for only 169$ Thats a kickass product for the money


Thanks guys, I wasn't sure if a HD 3850 would be enough for what I wanted, I'll be buying it soon...

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Why cant you do a little gaming on that hdtv of yours? saves you outputting to two places.

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vincio_filiarum wrote :

Why cant you do a little gaming on that hdtv of yours? saves you outputting to two places.


 
Well the thing is the computer won't be where I will be watching the movies, but is the HD 3850 capable of outputting to two places? Or Will I have to tell the video card to output only to the HDTV when watching movies?


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