Best Video card for HD blu-ray playback (under 50$)?

I'm building a media PC and I'm looking for a cheap card under 50$ that will play HD 1080p blu-ray rips in MKV and WMV formats. Right now I'm looking at the Nvidia EVG 8600GT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as… but if i can go any cheaper even 1$ I would but I just don't know if any lower Nvidia will play HD rips. I looked at the ATI cards but I don't know nothing about them but I'm willing to buy one if its cheaper and will work.



PS: I'm also planning on playing flash video from Hulu desktop and using some media center software.



Thanks for any input.|||even if I belaive ati is better at these things ,,, 8600gt should do nicely



4650 should use less cpu and memory resources then the 8800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



FROM a review of 4650

"Pop in a Blu-ray disc and the GPU can decode and enhance the movie for you, it'll even send 8 channel sound to your receiver or HD screen."|||I have an old laptop and I haven't had any problems playing HD rips in MKV format with VLC media player.



This laptop is at least 4 years old.|||If you are just going to play HD videos, a Ati radeon HD 4350 should be more than enough. (Upscale Beyond 1080p - Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies or other HD content at full 1080p display resolution and beyond) Ati radeon HD 4350 = 1920 X 1200 resolution.



POWERCOLOR AX4350 256MD2-H Radeon HD 4350 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card ($22.90)



Ati radeon HD 4550 would be slightly more powerful, (2560 X 1600 max resolutions),

ASUS EAH4550/DI/512MD3 Radeon HD 4550 512MB 64-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Low Profile Ready Video Card ($39.99)



SAPPHIRE 100253DDR3L Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

HDMI Port with 7.1 Surround Sound Support ($52.99)



All the above graphic cards has HDMI ports which allow easy connection to TVs