Radeon for Home Theatre PC

[whgg666]

Hello,
What is the best AMD video card for playing HD movies on a large TV?

I am after best picture and sound quality.

 

[Dominaz1]

6450 / 5570 would be more than enough.

 

[king smp]

for a little more performance
a HD 6670 would be good
but otherwise I agree with Dominaz1

 

[nforce4max]

Not bad suggestions but be sure to keep power and thermals to a minimum. No one likes a hot and noisy htpc.

 

[englandr753]

I read in a THG report that anything above an HD 5770 shows no improvement I video playback so I would go with something in that realm. The other cards suggested by others should do plety fine as well.

If you have a faint possibility of gaming on that rig later down the road I'd go with the 5770 or better, otherwise stick with the previous suggestions...

 

[king smp]

well for really a 5450 about the quietest, coolest and lowest power
if I remember right
a MSI HD 5450 Passive barely uses anything at idle

My tower is an office plus multimedia tower so
I went for the HD 5670 becuase of performance vs power usage
still wanted some light gaming capabilities

for all out dedicated HTPC tower
a HD 5450 is hard to beat for the money

 

[jaguarskx]

A HD 5570 will be fine. See following review regarding visual quality.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/htpc-graphics-cards.html