IS onboard UMA graphics any good for HTPC?

[Shadowmeph]

I am wondering this because last week I ordered a
MSI K9N6PGM2-V AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX

mother board for this older athlon cpu I have laying around and am going to build a HTPC using this . this mother board has onboard sound which I might have to use is my Xnar dx card isn't working but it also has the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 chipset Now if I drop in 2 gb ram and my HVR-1600 tv card should this be good enough for just playing TV shows from the card and maybe the odd DVD or will there be a problem like LAg and or bad poor graphics the TV it is hooked up to is from the 90s an old electrahome 26 " with s video ( good enough for now unil I can afford something better)

[TopDogZero]

Found the info below, sounds like it should be OK for SD but no HD support.

GeForce 6100 and 6150 series chip specifications

Both the 6100 and 6150 support Shader Model 3.0 and DirectX 9.0c. The 6150 also features support for High-Definition video playback, PureVideo Processing, DVI, and video-out while the 6100 supports PureVideo Processing only. All nVidia 6xxx seris GPU's provide support for H&L (Hardware transform And lighting). Maximum supported resolution is 1920 x 1440 pixels (@75 Hz) for RGB display and 1600 x 1200 pixels (@65 Hz) for DVI-D display

[edit] GeForce 6100

• Manufacturing process: 90 nm
• Core Clock: 425 MHz
• Vertex Processors: 1
• Pixel Pipelines: 2
• Shader Model: 3
• DirectX support: v9
• Video playback acceleration: SD video acceleration (HD video acceleration not supported)
• Outputs: VGA only
• Memory: Shared DDR/DDR2 (socket 939/AM2) system memory (selectable through BIOS - usually 32/64/128/256 MB)

[Shadowmeph]

Originally Posted by TopDogZero

Found the info below, sounds like it should be OK for SD but no HD support.

I was thinking that later on I should get a card but not sure which one I do have a HD3870 laying around here but I kind of would like it cool and quiet in the case

[JD]

Originally Posted by Shadowmeph

I was thinking that later on I should get a card but not sure which one I do have a HD3870 laying around here but I kind of would like it cool and quiet in the case

Pickup a HD4350 then, though you need one with S-Video...

I'm curious how you plan to connect the onboard to this old TV anyways? Doesn't have any S-Video or Composite/RCA video output.

[TopDogZero]

I'm curious how you plan to connect the onboard to this old TV anyways? Doesn't have any S-Video or Composite/RCA video output.

Good question, I looked at the board at MSI site and there is no S-Vedio out? Here is a card like jdrom17 suggested, it has S-video and is fanless
NCIX.com - Buy Powercolor Radeon HD 4350 Scs 600MHZ 256MB 800MHZ DDR2 PCI-E DVI VGA TV Out Passive Video Card - AX4350 256MD2-S In Canada.

[th3b00m]

You can always get something with an HDMI port like this one:
NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte Radeon HD 4350 650MHZ 512MB 800MHZ GDDR2 PCI-E16 VGA HDMI DVI-I HDCP Low Profile Video Card - GV-R435OC-512I In Canada.

[Shadowmeph]

Oh wow I didn't even think of the s video thing hahahaha must be the heat out here

[Squeetard]

I have the same onboard chip in my htpc. Plays 720p HD content no problem. Stutters a bit on 1080p.

[JD]

Originally Posted by Squeetard

I have the same onboard chip in my htpc. Plays 720p HD content no problem. Stutters a bit on 1080p.

I'd say its all dependent on your CPU. Nothing to do with the board really.