What else can i do with this?

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#1 serbsta69
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Ive got an evga 8800 gt supeclocked. All im doing now is playing games and watching movies. What else can i do with it, i heard something about HDTV, and does it cost much or is it free?
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#2 BeavermanA
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Cook an egg.
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#3 serbsta69
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Lol, besides that.
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#4 G013M
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If you're talking about watching FTA HDTV, you'll need to buy a seperate digital TV tuner. If I remember correctly, the 8800GT is able to help in the decoding of some video formats, but I can't remember which sorry.

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#5 SearchMaster
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I wouldnt bother my self doing this because if you will want to have agreat expereince, then you will need to get an expensive Digital TV Tuner because the cheap ones are BAD !!
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#6 catweasel_777
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Some hefty password cracking, but that's another story.

There's certainly some HD videos online that are free - they're the ones that show up looking like psychedelic-solarised images from yesteryear if you don't have HD capabilitiy.

If you have a blu-ray or HD player then you should be able to watch those disks at their full resolution - if your monitor has the full res. display, or if you have an HD-ready TV then you can get cables to connect the card to the TV (I'm not sure what outputs that card has - this is just about if it does do HD).

For HD broadcasts, like Sky does, you need to subscribe to that (or hack it, lol, - probably as much cost as a sub anyway) plus have a monitor or TV that has the HD res.

You could also - video edit with that card, or make animations / graphics.