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**nekrosoft13** · 10-14-09, 12:06 PM

as far as ati vs nvidia is concerned, you probably will do onboard video which is fine.

ati boards with chipset 760-790 only do stereo PCM over HDMI
ati boards with chipset 785 will do either 5.1 or 7.1 PCM over HDMI
nvidia cards with 8200 (amd) or 9300/9400 (intel) will do 7.1 PCM over HDMI

so that is important, i made a mitake of going with 780 board for my HTPC, was considering replacing it for 785 board

as far as AM2+ and AM3 are concerned AM2 is DDR2 and AM3 is DDR3.

most AM2+ are foreward compatible with AM3 chips, but some AMD3 boards are not backwards compatible with AM2+ chips.

10-14-09, 12:06 PM	#2
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Suggestions for building HTPC & HDTV for friend as far as ati vs nvidia is concerned, you probably will do onboard video which is fine. ati boards with chipset 760-790 only do stereo PCM over HDMI ati boards with chipset 785 will do either 5.1 or 7.1 PCM over HDMI nvidia cards with 8200 (amd) or 9300/9400 (intel) will do 7.1 PCM over HDMI so that is important, i made a mitake of going with 780 board for my HTPC, was considering replacing it for 785 board as far as AM2+ and AM3 are concerned AM2 is DDR2 and AM3 is DDR3. most AM2+ are foreward compatible with AM3 chips, but some AMD3 boards are not backwards compatible with AM2+ chips. __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME