patrick Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Have any of you guys got, or at least used, a HD TV graphics card? I am wondering if there is any point, and if the picture is truly HD (obviously my monitor is HD ready, and I checked here: http://www.digitalchoices.co.uk/hd-tv/hd-coverage-checker.html and it says I am in a Freeview HD area, so in theory all should be good, I guess!) I just wonder if maybe the processing power of the PC (2nd Gen i5, 6gig RAM), would make it jolty? or... would the graphics card handle ALL the processing? I guess what I wonder is, how much of the processing will be done by the graphics card, and how much by the CPU of the mainboard? Finally (sorry for all the question!) any advice on the best PCI-E Graphics card, with a HD tuner, for £250 or under??? Thanks Guys! Patrick Quote
KenB Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Hi patrick, Take a look here for your choice of Video Card click here I am not the best one to explain HD - TV picture quality as I don't use this set-up. I did find this that may explain one or two things for you: click here Quote There is an email going around offering processed pork - gelatin - and salt in a can ......this is simply SPAM !! MiniToolBoxNetwork TestWireless Test
Armageddon Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Have any of you guys got, or at least used, a HD TV graphics card? I am wondering if there is any point, and if the picture is truly HD (obviously my monitor is HD ready, and I checked here: http://www.digitalchoices.co.uk/hd-tv/hd-coverage-checker.html and it says I am in a Freeview HD area, so in theory all should be good, I guess!) I just wonder if maybe the processing power of the PC (2nd Gen i5, 6gig RAM), would make it jolty? or... would the graphics card handle ALL the processing? I guess what I wonder is, how much of the processing will be done by the graphics card, and how much by the CPU of the mainboard? Finally (sorry for all the question!) any advice on the best PCI-E Graphics card, with a HD tuner, for £250 or under??? Thanks Guys! Patrick Hi Patrick I have multiple screens pc's one of them been 2 dvis and a hdmi monitor i run them on on a quad core with 6 gig of ram , as far as the graphics card itself its a 1 gig AMD card that cost me £50 , so if your willing to invest £250 on a graphics card personally I don't think you'll have any problems. Dave Quote Google is your friend We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. Get help with computer problems. Join Free PC Help here Donations are welcome. Read Here
patrick Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Hi KenB. Thanks for the help! That link to the Tom's hardware site, and the Cnet reviews piece was good - helped a lot! I like this forum :D Hi patrick, Take a look here for your choice of Video Card click here I am not the best one to explain HD - TV picture quality as I don't use this set-up. I did find this that may explain one or two things for you: click here Quote
patrick Posted February 24, 2012 Author Posted February 24, 2012 Hi Patrick I have multiple screens pc's one of them been 2 dvis and a hdmi monitor i run them on on a quad core with 6 gig of ram , as far as the graphics card itself its a 1 gig AMD card that cost me £50 , so if your willing to invest £250 on a graphics card personally I don't think you'll have any problems. Dave Thanks Dave, that settled my worries :D Quote
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