DX10 cards for HTPC, any huge benefits?

[bigsnyder]

Getting ready to upgrade to an E6400 based system. Current video card is 6800NU. Using
the 6800NU will really be a bottleneck for the E6400, so considering a interim card that will
net decent gaming performance until <$200 DX10 hardware comes (maybe the X1950 Pro).
I will eventually use the interim card to upgrade the video in my HTPC. My question is, I am
better off trudging along with the 6800NU until cheap DX10 hardware comes out? Will DX10
bring anything to the table for HTPC use that a X1950 Pro will be unable to provide? The
HTPC is not a gaming machine, so mainly looking at video/HDTV benefits.

C Snyder

 

[mikek753]

I think that DX10 by itself will not add anything to HTPC
But, cards come with extras, like AVIVO and PureVideo those bring value to HTPC.
If you already have HD-DVD or B-Ray then you have to have card with HDCP and x.264 / vs1 or etc h/w decoder. Otherwise almost any card can do the job - IMHO.
Again, depends what you watch - divx or HDTV or etc. modern CPU can take care of it, where video card with h/w decoder can help, but not as much as in x.264 case.

I think its more about multimedia oriented video card then DX10.