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Suggestions for Video Adapter upgrade
Hello all,
I have an HP-Pavilion FK792AA-ABA a6600f, which houses a FOXCONN Napa HP motherboard. This MB has four (4) slots: One PCI Two PCI ex1 One PCI ex16 I'd like to watch 3D Blueray videos on this machine (and maybe even play a few of those 3D games). Can anyone make a few suggestions as to which video card I should purchase based on the equipment I have? Price is always an issue but I'd like to hear whatever you folks have to suggest. I realize I'll also have to change my DVD player to a blueray player as well. The system is running Win7-64 bit with 3GB RAM. Thank you for any assistance. Regards. |
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Suggestions for Video Adapter upgrade
Of course you'd need an HDCP capable monitor.
Any ATI from the 4550 on up should be able to do it. If you want to have Dynamic Contrast available, then from the 4650 up. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related: http://ivaw.org http://couragetoresist.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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On Jul 14, 4:01*am, Ed Light wrote:
Of course you'd need an HDCP capable monitor. Any ATI from the 4550 on up should be able to do it. If you want to have Dynamic Contrast available, then from the 4650 up. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel:http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related:http://ivaw.orghttp://couragetoresis...://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Thanks for the reply Ed! Let me further inquirer if I may? Suppose I just wanted to WATCH 3D Blueray movies and not play any of those fancy games at all? What graphics card would you then recommend, still with keeping the basic idea of cost being a factor. Thanks again. Regards. |
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On Jul 14, 4:01*am, Ed Light wrote:
Of course you'd need an HDCP capable monitor. Any ATI from the 4550 on up should be able to do it. If you want to have Dynamic Contrast available, then from the 4650 up. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel:http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related:http://ivaw.orghttp://couragetoresis...://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Ed, One further item: Do I need a HDCP monitor to watch Blueray 3D movies (no games - just movies) via my computer? And what about Blueray movies that aren't 3D? Would I still need a HDCP monitor? Lastly, I'm running Win7 Pro 64-bit - won't I need some type of additional software to work in conjunction with the hardware to allow the viewing of ANY Blueray (3D or otherwise) movie? Thanks. |
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On 7/14/2011 4:15 AM, Omicron wrote:
Ed, One further item: Do I need a HDCP monitor to watch Blueray 3D movies Oops - I missed the 3D thing. I know nothing about that at all. For that I think you'd need a more recent card than the 4xxx series. And what about Blueray movies that aren't 3D? Would I still need a HDCP monitor? If you don't have HDCP, then it should be playable but will display in a lower resolution than HD. Unless things have changed and they've rigged it not to play at all. Lastly, I'm running Win7 Pro 64-bit - won't I need some type of additional software to work in conjunction with the hardware to allow the viewing of ANY Blueray (3D or otherwise) movie? Yes. It may come with the optical reader. Otherwise alot of people use Cyberlink's player, which is expensive. I'm not up on alternate players -- still with DVD's. And of course you'll need the video driver for the card. And to set the BIOS on the computer, if need be, to boot first from the PCI-E 16 slot if there's a card in there -- though it's likely already that way. Hmm - and I think that for 3D Blu-Ray you need a special monitor or TV, and probably glasses. But I'm really not up on that. Is there someone out there who knows? -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related: http://ivaw.org http://couragetoresist.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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On Jul 14, 5:48*pm, Ed Light wrote:
On 7/14/2011 4:15 AM, Omicron wrote: Ed, One further item: Do I need a HDCP monitor to watch Blueray 3D movies Oops - I missed the 3D thing. I know nothing about that at all. For that I think you'd need a more recent card than the 4xxx series. And what about Blueray movies that aren't 3D? Would I still need a HDCP monitor? If you don't have HDCP, then it should be playable but will display in a lower resolution than HD. Unless things have changed and they've rigged it not to play at all. Lastly, I'm running Win7 Pro 64-bit - won't I need some type of additional software to work in conjunction with the hardware to allow the viewing of ANY Blueray (3D or otherwise) movie? Yes. It may come with the optical reader. Otherwise alot of people use Cyberlink's player, which is expensive. I'm not up on alternate players -- still with DVD's. And of course you'll need the video driver for the card. And to set the BIOS on the computer, if need be, to boot first from the PCI-E 16 slot if there's a card in there -- though it's likely already that way. Hmm - and I think that for 3D Blu-Ray you need a special monitor or TV, and probably glasses. But I'm really not up on that. Is there someone out there who knows? -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel:http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related:http://ivaw.orghttp://couragetoresis...://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Ed, Thanks for your time and input. I'm gonna start a new thread and ask the basics. Funny thing of it is that all this research is for a nephew and not for me! Thanks again. |
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One last thing -- to use the video card's harware acceleration of
Blu-Ray you may have to turn it on in the player's options. -- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Iraq Veterans Against the War and Related: http://ivaw.org http://couragetoresist.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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