video card for watching videos

[Bob Elzer]

You haven't said what you want to spend, or what you currently have ?

This link compares Nvidia vs AMD video cards and groups them in tiers so
you can see the counterparts
https://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/graphicscardcomparison
I prefer AMD, on the 580 vs 5600 I think the new draws less power and is
faster, if you can spend about $100 more
this link compares the two
https://www.gpucheck.com/compare/amd-radeon-rx-580-vs-amd-radeon-rx-5600-xt/intel-core-i7-7700k-4-20ghz-vs-intel-core-i7-8700k-3-70ghz/

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 4:18 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I'm looking for a new video card.  I'll use it mainly for watching
> videos.  I'm looking for something that will play h265 video and not bog
> down my system.  What should I look for in a video card?  thanks
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