Hi, I am thinking of buying a Panasonic AE100 projector, and have decided to adapt what is now my second PC to use with it.
This is what it looks like now:
1GHz Athlon
256MB PC133
GeForce3 Ti200
Soundblaster PCI 512
Sony 12/40 DVD ROM
Windows 2000
I notice that everyone like Radeon graphics cards. Now, I still want to use this PC for gaming on a normal monitor, so I was thinking of buying an 8500 (or maybe the 9000s when they become readily available) - that would be an upgrade over the GF3 anyway. Sound okay so far?
Next, I want to connect it to my Videologic Digitheatre DTS (just for films, not for gaming), so I will need a sound card with digital audio output(s). Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish (say about £50) card that can pass through a DD5.1/DTS datastream at reasonable quality?
Finally, will the DVD Drive be okay? PowerDVD complains about Sony drives not following the standard very well, or something like that. I've never really used it for watching films, so I can't be sure of the quality.
Thanks.
This is what it looks like now:
1GHz Athlon
256MB PC133
GeForce3 Ti200
Soundblaster PCI 512
Sony 12/40 DVD ROM
Windows 2000
I notice that everyone like Radeon graphics cards. Now, I still want to use this PC for gaming on a normal monitor, so I was thinking of buying an 8500 (or maybe the 9000s when they become readily available) - that would be an upgrade over the GF3 anyway. Sound okay so far?
Next, I want to connect it to my Videologic Digitheatre DTS (just for films, not for gaming), so I will need a sound card with digital audio output(s). Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish (say about £50) card that can pass through a DD5.1/DTS datastream at reasonable quality?
Finally, will the DVD Drive be okay? PowerDVD complains about Sony drives not following the standard very well, or something like that. I've never really used it for watching films, so I can't be sure of the quality.
Thanks.