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Topic Title: Buying new GPU - image quality
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Created On: 01/19/2013 12:57 PM
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01/19/2013 12:57 PM
Chunga Peon Posts: 4 Joined: 06/03/2008	Hello. Now I have HD3850 and I'm about to buy new GPU. Since I stopped playing games I don't want expensive GPU. Only thing I need GPU for is HD movies. My question is, is there a difference in image quality between ~50$ AMD cards and those of 200$? I will buy passive GPU that has DVI+HDMI.
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01/19/2013 03:48 PM
black_zion Heavy Wizardry Posts: 9769 Joined: 04/17/2008	IQ? No, only power. ------------------------- Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II x4 965 w/ Corsair H60, 8 GiB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600, XFX HD 7970 Ghz, 512GB Vertex 4, 256GB Vector, 240GB Agility 3, Creative X-Fi Titanium w/ Creative Gigaworks S750, SeaSonic X750, HP ZR2440w, Win 7 Ultimate x64
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01/20/2013 07:58 AM
Chunga Peon Posts: 4 Joined: 06/03/2008	And is there a difference in playing HD movies? I mean, can those cheaper cards play all the highest quality HD movies without freezings? I am looking to buy HD6570 probably.
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01/20/2013 11:00 AM
black_zion Heavy Wizardry Posts: 9769 Joined: 04/17/2008	Nope, assuming you use playback software which can use hardware acceleration. ------------------------- Crosshair IV Formula, Phenom II x4 965 w/ Corsair H60, 8 GiB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600, XFX HD 7970 Ghz, 512GB Vertex 4, 256GB Vector, 240GB Agility 3, Creative X-Fi Titanium w/ Creative Gigaworks S750, SeaSonic X750, HP ZR2440w, Win 7 Ultimate x64
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