
GlocksRock
Audioholic Spartan
The Radeon 5450s are released today, and the 5570 isn't too far behind, maybe a week and a half away.
Reading up on Anands review it almost makes it as the perfect low cost, low power, low heat HTPC card.The Radeon 5450s are released today, and the 5570 isn't too far behind, maybe a week and a half away.
You won't notice it but there are differences.I'm seeing that the new 5450 cards are offered in a variety of combinations of 512 mb or 1 gb of either ddr2 or ddr3. My question is this, if all I use my media PC for is playback of blu ray and dvd video, with occasional other video types, .mkv, etc... is there any benefit to having either DDR3, or 1 gb. of ram? In other words, is there any benefit to having either more and/or faster memory for my purposes? I know my current Radeon 4350 with 512 mb. of DDR2 is just fine, but if/when I upgrade to a new card, whether it be a 5450 or a 5570, should I consider getting more and/or faster ram, or just save my money and get a card with 512 mb. DDR2?
Thanks, I'm pretty sure I made the right choice of card then.You won't notice it but there are differences.
The amount of video memory doesn't matter if its just an HTPC.
The decoding is done by the GPU so it doesn't matter what speed the memory is.
DDR3 will use slightly less power than DDR2 and will run at higher clock speeds. Again this won't matter to you as your not pushing the card at all.
You are almost there.Just ordered a Gigabyte Radeon 5450 512 mb. DDR3.
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I didn't even realize my Radeon 5750 is a DDR5.You won't notice it but there are differences.
The amount of video memory doesn't matter if its just an HTPC.
The decoding is done by the GPU so it doesn't matter what speed the memory is.
DDR3 will use slightly less power than DDR2 and will run at higher clock speeds. Again this won't matter to you as your not pushing the card at all.
It's $55 + shipping, but I had a $50 newegg giftcard, so I'm only out of pocket around $12.You are almost there.
How much was it?
I still have a big grinevery time that "DTS-HD MASTR" & "DOLBY TrueHD' lights up on my Denon AVR when I'm playing BDs via PDVD9.
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Most of the 4 series cards are as well.I didn't even realize my Radeon 5750 is a DDR5.![]()
What's considered "pushing the card?" Is that just primarily gaming? I'm assuming that playback of blu-ray, internet videos, or some home movie editing type of stuff would not strain the lower end card.. would it?You won't notice it but there are differences.
The amount of video memory doesn't matter if its just an HTPC.
The decoding is done by the GPU so it doesn't matter what speed the memory is.
DDR3 will use slightly less power than DDR2 and will run at higher clock speeds. Again this won't matter to you as your not pushing the card at all.
That's just about a $100 less than the card I was thinking of getting. I'm glad you guys talked me into waiting. I'll be ordering this bad boy today. I can't wait to bitstream all the hi def audio and watch my Pioneer light up.It's $55 + shipping, but I had a $50 newegg giftcard, so I'm only out of pocket around $12.
I have Monday off too, so hopefully it will be here on Monday if not sooner, that way I will have time to play with it.
Sweet.It's $55 + shipping, but I had a $50 newegg giftcard, so I'm only out of pocket around $12.
I have Monday off too, so hopefully it will be here on Monday if not sooner, that way I will have time to play with it.
It's a great feeling.I can't wait to bitstream all the hi def audio and watch my Pioneer light up.
Yes this would be primarily gaming as the ATI cards have special instruction sets to decode H264 and VC1 video as well as HD audio.What's considered "pushing the card?" Is that just primarily gaming? I'm assuming that playback of blu-ray, internet videos, or some home movie editing type of stuff would not strain the lower end card.. would it?
Well Glocks... get on with it!It's a great feeling.
But I would just wait for GlocksRock to test that same exact card out first. Then get it.
That's why I hate Newegg.Newegg will charge a 15% restocking fee for returns.
Well... I ordered a gigabyte MB, so hopefully that'll take a small part of the incompatibility issue out of the mix, but you're right... you never know.That's why I hate Newegg.
I buy directly from Amazon because you just never know about computers; they have a mind of their own.![]()