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Posted at 2:30 PM on Friday 05/29/09 by
Ben
Hotness UNHOT
NewEgg has the ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/512M GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $30 - $10 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $20 with free shipping.
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    dave_c - Posted 12:10 am PDT 05/30/09 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    Only $1 AR and passive 'sink, if you are too poor to run a normal HTPC, this will upgrade your old piece of crap system to the point where when the wind blows the right direction and the stars are aligned, you can play some of the HD movies you try to.

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    Anonymous - Posted 3:57 am PDT 05/30/09 (16776936 Posts)  Report Spam

    That is a one hundred percent true statement.
    Maybe some really pathetic "people" can now ramble on about it even though you already made a point that needs no extrapolation?

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    CompWiz17 - Posted 6:23 am PDT 05/30/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1: this does not have a HDMI output, so if you're trying to play HD video on your TV, you'd have to buy an additional DVI-HDMI adapter as well.

    Also, this is a full height card, so it will not fit into smaller HTPC cases.

    ATI 3450's and 4350's have been on sale on newegg recently for this same price, or even lower, and some of those include a half-height bracket, HDMI output, and the passive cooling.

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    onesojourner - Posted 7:27 am PDT 05/30/09 (343 Posts)  Report Spam

    Oh sweet windowswiz17 is spouting more ati propaganda. ATI does not work well with anything but windows. Please stop advertising for ati in every nvidia thread.

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    dave_c - Posted 11:25 am PDT 05/30/09 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    CompWiz17 wrote:
    #1: this does not have a HDMI output, so if you're trying to play HD video on your TV, you'd have to buy an additional DVI-HDMI adapter as well.


    No you don't, HDMI is not mandatory for HD nor for a monitor.

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    Also, this is a full height card, so it will not fit into smaller HTPC cases.


    Pay attention next time, I wrote for your old piece of crap system not building new HTPC.

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    ATI 3450's and 4350's have been on sale on <a>newegg recently for this same price, or even lower, and some of those include a half-height bracket, HDMI output, and the passive cooling.


    I was being sarcastic, it's dumb to buy a new video card to reuse an old PC for a HTPC when you can get a mATX board, CPU powerful enough to decode on it's own, and more memory than it would ever need for almost free. The key thing that I will once again remind about is not all content plays, even on compatible players, with GPU acceleration working if supported at all. There is a wide and deep gulf of content that isn't a retail BR movie disc.

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    CompWiz17 - Posted 2:14 pm PDT 05/30/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>dave_c wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>CompWiz17 wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">#1: this does not have a HDMI output, so if you're trying to play HD video on your TV, you'd have to buy an additional DVI-HDMI adapter as well. </td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">

    No you don't, HDMI is not mandatory for HD nor for a monitor.
    </td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">

    Few TV's have a DVI input, HDMI is much more common. As I said, if you want to play HD video on your TV, you'd likely have to buy an additional adapter. Sure, you could hook up your TV with the S-Video output, but you won't be getting HD video out.

    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Also, this is a full height card, so it will not fit into smaller HTPC cases.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">
    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>dave_c wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">
    Pay attention next time, I wrote for your old piece of crap system not building new HTPC.
    </td> </tr></table><span class="postbody">

    oh, so you mean like for your old slim tower dell desktop?
    Those require half-height cards.

    <table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>dave_c wrote:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="c... [Truncated]

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    CompWiz17 - Posted 2:17 pm PDT 05/30/09 (4902 Posts)  Report Spam

    onesojourner wrote:
    Oh sweet windowswiz17 is spouting more ati propaganda. ATI does not work well with anything but windows. Please stop advertising for ati in every nvidia thread.


    So, I shouldn't be recommending video cards that work well on 90% of computers?

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