So the old 9500gt in my HTPC seems to be dying. I would like to replace it with possibly a passively cooled card in order to keep noise to a minimum. I use a matx p31 board with an E8400 and 4gb ddr2 ram. It seems powerful enough for my needs so not really looking to upgrade anything else at this time.
I mainly use it to watch 720p and 1080p tv show rips. I don´t have a blueray drive but will probably get one soon. Also, it is connected to my 7.1 home theater receiver so proper audio bitstreaming would be a definite plus.
I don´t use madvr or any crazy post processing filters so I don´t think I need anything to powerful (the 9500GT worked just fine).
I just checked newegg and they seem to be offering an ATI HD5450 for $15 after rebate today as a shellshocker deal. Would that card be any good?
I mainly use it to watch 720p and 1080p tv show rips. I don´t have a blueray drive but will probably get one soon. Also, it is connected to my 7.1 home theater receiver so proper audio bitstreaming would be a definite plus.
I don´t use madvr or any crazy post processing filters so I don´t think I need anything to powerful (the 9500GT worked just fine).
I just checked newegg and they seem to be offering an ATI HD5450 for $15 after rebate today as a shellshocker deal. Would that card be any good?