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  1. 12-05-2006, 03:03 PM #11
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    Quote Originally Posted by SnowFire View Post
    What does a GPU do for games compared to what it does for media?

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    A dedicated MPEG capture card is the only way to fly. Gaming cards are all about framerates and performance, not video capture.
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    Quote Originally Posted by Kabniel View Post
    I mainly just want to play games. I don't need really high sound, sound in, video capture, or lots of storage. So anything that resembled what a media PC or a kiosk wouldn't really do me.

    yeah but a high end HTPC is all about games as well
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    Here's a good line up:

    BeyondTV Package $149

    ASUS P3-PH4 Intel Socket T(LGA775) Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4 Intel 945G 4x 240Pin Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Barebone $184.99

    Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield $91.99

    Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb$74.99

    mushkin SP3200 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 $52.99

    eVGA 256-A8-N313-LX GeForce FX5500 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card $55.99

    NEC Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache E-IDE$30.99

    Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2 $189.00
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  4. 12-05-2006, 03:46 PM #14
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    Quote Originally Posted by Crimson Sky View Post
    yeah but a high end HTPC is all about games as well
    point, but if i didn't want to spend more money than i had to, i could leave stuff out.
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  5. 12-05-2006, 04:19 PM #15
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    What would be a good GPU for a combo system? Gaming and Media to be more specific.

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    As most motherboards come with two PCI-E x16 these days, could you get two different GPU's? One for video capture and the other for FPS and performance? Is that possible?

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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    Thanks thats some nice stuff Im going to see if I can get my hands on some of it. Thanks Crimson
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  7. 12-05-2006, 04:56 PM #17
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    Default Re: Cheapest media pc?

    you're welcome =)
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