dell inspiron 530s as a HTPC

[commOdog]

I have a dell inspiron 530s dual core 2500 with 4gb of ram and a couple drives in it.
What is a good video card to get to turn this into my replacement HTPC that i will use Snapstream Beyond TV on?

My current HTPC is an amd 2400 and is starting to bug out

 

[IlllI]

should ask in the video card forum if thats what you are looking for

 

[Emulex]

i have 8600 GTS pny $20
and cheapo 3650HD (hdmi/displayport 2.0)

both work great. ATI has better windows 2008 64bit (hyper-V enabled) Drivers imo.

 

[commOdog]

thanks emulex
does the 8600 have hdmi output?

 

[bamacre]

Just make sure you get a Low Profile card, that model is a SFF of course. Also, I don't think the PSU has a 6pin power connector for something like the low profile 9600GT.

 

[commOdog]

has anyone used a 530s as an htpc?

 

[JWade]

i had a 531s (amd version of the 530) i put in a 7600gs low profile card, use a dvi to hdmi adapter and it worked fine. course though only used it on a 720p TV though. power supply does not have a 6 pin pci-e power connector