I have accumulated enough parts to put together a media center for my 46" television. I am questioning my graphics card. I am going to be mostly watching movies and television through Netflix and Hulu. The card I am planning to use is a Nvidia 9600GT.

BIOSTAR V9603GT52 GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 X16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

My television is a Samsung 120Hz 46" LCD. I can provide more INFORMATION on the television if needed.

I also might want to play a little WOW.Your graphics card is very good. I disagree...I understand that this is a mid range graphics card. I am just concerned it is not going to give me the performance I want on a 46" LCD television. I have looked at some of the media centers that are sold prepackaged and the graphics cards do not look like they are anything special. I think some of them advertised on board graphics.

I do not mind investing in a different card if I need to.You want a video card with HDMI output to the TV which surely must have HDMI INPUTS.  Few TV's have DVI ports.

The card you have specified has S-Video out, which is composite, not component video, therefore it is analog, not digital.
I do have a Power Color ATI5450 1GB DDR3 that does have a HDMI port. I was actually going to get an adapter to GO from DVI to HMDI for the 9600 card.You may find it on Google.
http://www.google.com/products/ Quote from: SmittySr on March 29, 2011, 01:35:12 PM

I do have a Power Color ATI5450 1GB DDR3 that does have a HDMI port. I was actually going to get an adapter to go from DVI to HMDI for the 9600 card.