2011-10-04, 18:44
Currently I'm rocking 720p for my display and XBMC resolution with zero problems whatsoever.
Getting a new Plasma display and want to do 1080p and was initially thinking that a new vid card would be nice as my old one does not have an HDMI output on it an the new TV does not have DVI input.
If the Radeon HD 5450 will handle high bitrate 1080p then surely my 3 year old 8800 GT won't have a problem with DXVA2 decoding based on the following specs I found on the interweb. Actually the HD450 looks like it would be a big step down in GPU performance and I do like to play the occasional game on the old big screen!
I'm thinking now that a simple DVI-->HDMI adaptor is in order.
Thoughts?
cheers!
Radeon HD 5450 specs:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=3
Nvidia 8800 GT specs:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=7
Getting a new Plasma display and want to do 1080p and was initially thinking that a new vid card would be nice as my old one does not have an HDMI output on it an the new TV does not have DVI input.
If the Radeon HD 5450 will handle high bitrate 1080p then surely my 3 year old 8800 GT won't have a problem with DXVA2 decoding based on the following specs I found on the interweb. Actually the HD450 looks like it would be a big step down in GPU performance and I do like to play the occasional game on the old big screen!
I'm thinking now that a simple DVI-->HDMI adaptor is in order.
Thoughts?
cheers!
Radeon HD 5450 specs:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=3
Nvidia 8800 GT specs:
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=7