Does anyone have a computer with a Intel X4500HD card?

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Graphics card.

How does this card stream video from the internet? What type of processor do you have with the X4500HD.

I know the HD supports 1080p while the other does not. But the 1080p is a format used for Blue Ray, not streaming yet.

Does anyone know about the GeForce 9300M GS? How much better streaming video from the internet would I get with the GeForce 9300 M GS? (What % difference would it be?)

I do not need the card for gaming. Just streaming.

Your critical points for streaming are your internet connection, your system ram and possibly hard drive speed. As video is 2D, the features of higher end cards are mostly moot.

Expensive cards like my old geforce 9800gt and my new gtx250 give you superior 3D rendering and they do gaming calculations. These are not needed for streamed video.

The term 1080p is a selling point for televisions and to a lesser extent, monitors. You would have a hard time finding a modern graphics card that couldnt push 2 million pixels.

For example, I recently swapped out a geforce 8600gt from my brothers computer(giving him my 9800gt). That 8600gt controlled two monitors at 1680x1050 or 3.5 million pixels. With that he played two instances of eve online. It was more than enough card.

Buy the 9300M. it will cost about 100 bucks and will last you several years.

Thank you.

Someone else just mentioned that the card is not that important in an e-mail.

I will not be using this card for ANY gaming whatsoever. The $100 probably would be a waste.

No, In this circumstance the 100 will pay dividends because the card will give you function you need for years yet. You'll need to update a 50 dollar card in a year or two.

What type of stuff will I need the card to do in a year?

I actually will have to pay another $169 to get the NVIDIA 9300. That is because it is one of the "All in One" systems. For the $169, I would also get another 1 MB of RAM (from 3 to 4) and a Blu Ray drive (no use whatsoever. I would never watch a movie on my computer) It is my only option to upgrade. Isn't the 9300 a integrated card a well? Is it really significantly better? I read it was low end.

http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_VGCJS250JS/

Oh its a laptop? yeah, dont bother with the card then.

The Intel chips are not as good as ATi or Nvidia Cards as the Intel ones use CPU Cycles.

Any Geforce with M in it denotes it as Mobile.

There some videos that are using more processing power from the graphics card. I have a video which my main computer can not play, but my other computer with loads more can play it like it was nothing.

Technically speaking 1080p has been capable from computers for a long time. Even before they were introduced to TV's. It's just a gimmick really. higher resolution video being able to fit on a disc and with a TV capable of showing every single pixel without having to do any extra work stretching, calculating the image to fit every frame

I think all monitors other than TV-Based Monitors are progressive not interlaced. Computers have been capable of higher resolutions than TVs for a long time. That is one of the reasons computer games look much better than video games.