Need a PCI card for HD video

[Raduque]

I recently got a couple-year old Dell for free, it's got a P4 2.something (think it.s a 2.6) and PCI slots. I'm going to turn it into an HTPC for my parents, and I need a video card capable of HD video playback (It'll be OTA encoded as x264 720p).


I was looking at the Diamond X1550PRO256PSB X1550 Pro PCI for about a hundred from Newegg. My googlefu failed me today, and I can't fine any reviews on how the PCI version performs for HD video. Anybody have/used this card or one similar?

Thanks

 

[Peter]

Very probably this is going to fail, for lack of bus bandwidth, regardless of the card you choose.

 

[daveybrat]

It will be fine for HD playback...............as long as you don't mind 4 Frames per second

Nothing on the PCI bus will be able to play HD, the bus is far to slow for that.