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Upgrade a Media Center PC to play HD and Blu-ray discs
Q I have an XP-based Media Center PC that I'm trying to upgrade to handle HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. I've just installed the LG combined HD DVD/Blu-ray drive, but it still doesn't work because my onboard graphics chip, an Nvidia 6150, doesn't handle HD content very well.
I'm considering adding a graphics card. I'm not bothered about gaming capability, but would like something that will handle Blu-ray video and take as much of the load off the CPU as possible.
It needs to be a quiet (preferably silent) PCI Express card, with VGA and DVI outputs, and inexpensive. I'd also like to be able to drive my 32in Samsung TV at its native resolution of 1,360x768 over an HDMI connection if possible.
Vince Rutter
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