i am not a gamer but as far as i know 6670(or equivalent) is minimum recommended for playing most games at low settings.
^^just like audiophiles can't be content with Rs.15000 speakers from logitech,F&D,altec lansing,..... similarly those who pursue video quality can not rely on anything other than a HTPC.when one needs custom video renderers,frame rate manipulation,audio clock rate deviation using reclock,deinterlacing algorithms,fancy video codec like 10bit H264(which no hardware player supports at the moment as far as i know & no hope for at least 1-2 years) & such PC/HTPC is the only option.this statement that "HTPC did make somewhat sense but now no more" is completely wrong as far as a videophile is concerned.
I know the performance is almost the same, but what about the power consumption? And Temp.?
I am no Video-phile but I thought re-purposing my old PC would be better than getting a new HD media player+Blu Ray player! And I cant stand the pathetic video-quality from my old DVD player and the Intergrated Graphic chip on my PC. ANND as far as my power consumption goes using many Power calculators even at LOAD the power consumption is roughly 250w. And If i get a good efficient PSU like a Corsair VS450 , lets say it will consume 250w all the time. (I know the actual power consumption is higher but then again it wont be on 100% load all the time). And say I use it 10 hours a week, 40 hours a month(one hour every week day and 1.5 on Saturday and Sunday) and in 4 hours it consumes 1 Unit of electricity which lets say will cost me 5 rs. So Rs. 50 a month? And that is 600 a year. So if I use a media player for 10 years I may be able to buy a blu ray player. LOL
No offence bro but I made the decision AFTER thinking a lot about it! DW! And I needed something to play games on for 5-6 months before I get a good PC! Ill upgrade it to an A4 and Crossfire the 6450/or if I get a 6570 Ill get a AMD A6 when my motherboard stops working. And btw the Video Quality on those TVs which can play Videos from a USB drive, is pathetic.
i guess you are not familiar with madvr:A videophile even in wildest of dreams wont buy a HTPC he would rather buy something like Lumagen Radiance XE-3D and a transport or Ill put it simply, something like a Denon DVD-2500BT/Oppo BDP-95EU.An HTPC is laughable when you compare the picture quality with these mentioned. A videophile with respect to the term will never ever use a compressed format to begin with. I think you mixed up the term Videophile.
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when it comes to picture quality nothing can match madvr.as you can see some of the people posting in that thread have knowledge about video processing/rendering which can put to shame many so-called professionals/experts.i suggest some light reading only though.I've also had a Lumagen Radiance XE (overpriced junk) and iScan Duo, neither of which has stayed in my system too long either.
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