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Plays Blu-rays for $60

PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:10 am
by homebrewer
Would this be a good card for a back-up machine that would be used for responding to emails and a little simming when and if my primary machine ever goes down? I'm thinking it might, because a Blu-ray has 4X the data as a DVD. For just 60 clams, is it worth a shot?

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9185/s3_c ... index.html

Re: Plays Blu-rays for $60

PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:17 am
by MWISimmer
Don't forget you still need a BluRay player, any plain old DVD ROM won't play them  ;)

Re: Plays Blu-rays for $60

PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:25 am
by Mermaid Man
If the computer is fast enough (2.5ghz dual core) any card will do. However if it's nothing top spec then you need a videocard with VC-1 acceleration. Checkout the ATI 2600 Pro.