PCI Video Card for LCD TV?

[Synomenon]

My GTX260-216 is already connected to two LCD monitors so I need a second card for the LCD TV. It needs to be PCI-Express 1x or PCI since that's all I have open on my mATX mobo. I'll be using it to watch DVDs, video files, YouTube, etc. on the 26" LCD TV.

I've narrowed it down to these:

PCI-Express 1x 8400GS
- Not sure what the memory bandwith is, but it does have 256MB of dedicated video RAM.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc...7-3454918-3673477.html

PCI 8500GT
- 128-bit memory bandwith
- 256MB dedicated video RAM
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SFPC85GT256U2P

PCI 9400GT
- 128-bit memory bandwith
- 1GB dedicated video RAM
- PureVideo HD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814187058


Which one should I go with?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Those are a bit expensive. If i were you i'd lounge around the FS/FT forums. You could pick up one of these for half the price.

My BFG 5500 256mb 128-bit DDR PCI card did movies and youtube just fine on my TV, so you could get away with a 71xx or 92xx or higher and be just fine in terms of movies.

 

[Synomenon]

I need it to be able to play blu-ray movies as well.

 

[Synomenon]

Bump...

 

[ZetaEpyon]

I would think your Q6600 is fast enough to decode Bluray even without hardware assistance, if that makes any difference.

 

[themisfit610]

Yes, it is!

Also, damn! How did you get 16gb of RAM running??

~MiSfit

 

[Synomenon]

What about using something like the EVGA UV Plus+? I don't really want to use a PCI video card because I have a USB / Firewire card in my PCI slot that I'd like to keep.