Graphic Cards for 720p and 1080p

@kutoosank, a lot of graphics cards can do that. What else do you want to do apart from running HD rips; do you want to play games OR no?

What is the rest of your configuration? What is the rated power of your SMPS / PSU to be precise, local OR branded?

Here are the graphics cards that you can shortlist --
AMD HD 6670 ~4500/-
AMD HD 6450 ~3500/-
AMD HD 5450 ~2500/-

Hope this helps, Cheerio!!
 
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kutoosank said:
intel g620, Asus P8H61-M LX3 , LG 20" - E2041T, 500gb sata, 4gb ram is my configuration. and not interested in gaming
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Then go for the HD 6450, it has the latest OUTPUT connectors and supports 3D content; it is most apt for your requirements.
 
Why is a gpu even required when the CPU is a very capable G620. Add to it the HD 2000 integrated gpu core which is very much capable of decoding HD videos in both 720p & 1080p (x.264 & VC-1)...

If gaming is not required then getting a gpu just for decoding HD is plain waste of money...

Intel HD Graphics 3000 and Intel HD Graphics 2000 Review. Page 9 - X-bit labs

Unless you want more specific connectors like DVI/HDMI/Displayport.. I don't think its required...
 
HailStonE said:
Why is a gpu even required when the CPU is a very capable G620. Add to it the HD 2000 integrated gpu core which is very much capable of decoding HD videos in both 720p & 1080p (x.264 & VC-1).
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The Intel Pentium G-series processors do not carry a HD 2000 IGP, it is simply a HD graphics adapter [here is the Ark page confirming it].

Most probably OP wants an HDMI-OUT connector.
 
Well to clear things first - G620 basically has the same GPU as the HD Graphics 2000. The only difference is that quicksync is disabled. Yes it can decode everything in hardware. However you'll need to use either LAV codecs or quicksync enabled ffdshow. DXVA doesn't work too well with it.

HailStonE : There are benefits to a discrete GPU in an HTPC - primarily if you wish to use madvr for post processing and rendering. Madvr is pretty shader intensive - it uses pixel shaders on the GPU to scale luma and chroma of videos in a much better manner than what DXVA does by default. The difference in quality is pretty startling if you switch between the default EVR renderer in Win 7 and madvr. With HD graphics 2000/2500/3000, madvr will choke and start dropping frames. With HD 4000, it works - but only just about.

As for what card is best, if you wish to buy a graphic card, get atleast an AMD 6570 or Geforce GT 440. Both have their plus and minus points. The AMD does better deinterlacing and 24p works out of the box. The GT 440 needs a custom resolution to be created for perfect 24p. However once you do it, the frame rate lock at 23.976fps is better than the radeons. Also the GT 440 supports CUDA which is useful when you are using madvr with lav codecs as even decoding can be done with very low cpu usage. With AMD, the cpu usage will be a lot higher since it has to use a copy back mechanism. Also AMD's video acceleration is broken in linux if that matters to you while NVIDIA's works perfectly.
 
^.. videophiles might be interested in such fine details but I don't think it matters much for an average Joe... If someone specifically builds an HTPC then he would have gone to the lengths to get the output as well to which would make such differences apparent after through fine tuning . Sadly most people don't & neither is the OP given all his inputs....

One other thing which confuses me is that I know the G620 has integrated gpu but why does mobo spec says integrated gpu for the H61 chipset.

http://in.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61M_LX/#specifications
 
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