Questions about building a computer with blu-ray capabilites?

I am looking to build an AMD computer with blu-ray capabilities. However I don't want integrated graphics on my motherboard. Is it possible to have a mother board that has its own blu-ray capabilities without onboard video or is the blu-ray integrated with the GPUs.

Thanks.Questions about building a computer with blu-ray capabilites?
Most graphics cards can play back blu-ray resolution already... (1080p)

You just need a graphics card that can handle graphics acceleration (all of them these days)

And one that can handle 1080p+ graphics
any GPU you get will be capable of blu-ray hardware accelerated playback.Questions about building a computer with blu-ray capabilites?
Well, in order to have a computer you need to have a graphic card of some kind. So long as you have one, it really does not matter what you get as long as it is not more than 3 years old.



So just buy a standard dedicated graphics card and you won't have to deal with onboard graphics.Questions about building a computer with blu-ray capabilites?
There are many AMD motherboard models that do not have onboard graphics you can use.



System Requirements for Playing Blu-ray Discs

http://www.cyberlink.com/stat/bd-support鈥?/a>
I would recommend that you get a motherboard with PCI-E x16 2.0 slot. Can get an awesome 200 series N-vidia graphics card for around 200. 8800GT maybe half that price and is also pretty good and uses the PCI-E x16 (original) slot; however, PCI-E x16 2.0 is reverse compatible for PCI-E x16 cards.



To play blu ray from blu ray disk you will need a blu-ray drive. To play it from hard drive, you don't need a blu ray player, just a decent graphics card.



If you also want to game, the 200 series graphics card would be a good option for that also.