Graphics card for media center

[Drobbins]

Hey

Iam looking for a PCI-E graphics card for a media center, iam looking for something good enough to play all good games on aswell as watch my movies.

Thanks
Drobbins

[chuckskull]

Depends on your budget,theres passive versions of most nvidia cards right up to the 7950GT though which will give you plenty of grunt. 7600GT will play most things too.

[pepsi_max2k]

if we're talking linux based media centers (and we should be, grap a copy of knoppmyth if not) then DO NOT BUY AN ATI CARD. though you'd probably already know that. otherwise, you might not wanna go with the fastest stuff available (fast = hot = more cooling = bigger/faster fans = noise). I've seen some passively cooled 7600 gs's that would be great if you have pci-e. also take note of any hdcp compatibility.

[Drobbins]

I am not going Linux, it will be a windows system, i will look into the cards suggested here.

Thanks
Drobbins

[Lee`]

Will you want to get vista?

[Drobbins]

Will you want to get vista?

Quite possibly.

[Akutsito]

Get the lastest AIW, that way, you can capture video and everything you need in one card, plus, its strong enough to play lastest games