what pci-e to choose for htpc

[filibusterman]

Sold the agp mobo i was using with my htpc and now the mobo i have requires pci-e. I use a hdtv tuner so I need a card that can handle that. formerly I was using a radeon 9200se and it was sufficient. any ideas what I should get for this use? right now i have a 8mb pci rage card in there on a MSI K8N neo3 with a turion 1.6ghz chip. the mobo has a 1x and 16x Pci-e slots some might ask for a price range so I will say I dont want to spend over 60 or so.

 

[filibusterman]

bump for some help

 

[mikek753]

look for NV 7600GT or 6600GT

 

[Fenixgoon]

htpc? might want to consider 1600HDMI. has a price premium though, given the card's ability (or lack thereof) for the price range

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102032

 

[filibusterman]

hmm hdmi well i have a sharp projector right now that has vga inputs, svid and such but no hdmi so DVI cable is about it good as I would need i would guess

 

[Chapbass]

ive got a 6600GT pci-e for sale in the FS/FT forums.. even has a zalman HSF to be nice and quiet!

was lookin to sell it for 50-ish shipped. ive got the identical card in AGP in my HTPC and its awesome!

lemme know!