DVD...Which way?

[LED]

I have a Radeon AIW that I could use on my Main pooter or...1 Hollywood Plus DVD Decoder with 1 Hauppauge TV/FM card. Would the visuals so whuch way would the CPU usage be better? My Cpu is running close to 1GHz...TIA

 

[randomlinh]

i would go w/ the AIW mainly cause i don't want to lose so many PCI slots. Also depends, what video card do you have now?

 

[Comp10]

CPU usage should be about the same with both options, however the Radeon will without a doubt give you better DVD image quality, so I would suggest you go with the AIW Radeon.

 

[LED]

Thanks Gents as I'm leaning towards the Radeon. I currently have 3 Vid cards hooked up (ATI TV Pro w/TV out, G400, and one Diamond S540) I just hate to lose my G400 outta this

 

[Comp10]

I doubt you will be disapointed by the Radeon's 2D quality (I'm assuming thats why you hate to give up your G400 ). I have heard former G400 users say that the Radeon's 2D quality is right up there with the G400.

 

[LED]

No Comp 10 I actually hate to lose another Visual as I've run up to 5 Monitors and 1 TV in my set-up