I'm looking for a graphics card for my desktop PC, its a AMD Phenom II X4 955 with 4GB ram and I'm planning on running windows 8 when I get round to reinstalling. I'm not expecting anything much just something better than the ATI Radeon HD4200 thats on my motherboard. I don't really game anymore but have a Dual monitor with a smasung syncmaster2433 running 1920x1200 and a syncmaster 2243 which should be running 1680x1050 but my graphics card doesn't support it so its running at 1600 x 1200 with big black bars down the sides. Anyway what's the best card to get for around £50 ideally quite if not silent (I have a slight NVIDIA preferance but I'd consider ATI if its better for the money) Thanks!!
Something like this? http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...1620mhz-96-cores-2x-dual-link-dvi-i-mini-hdmi It's based on the 600 series of cards, which enables Nvidia Surround; meaning dual monitors.
Yep that sort of thing, ive seen a couple with the 610 and 2 Gb DDR3 or the 630 with 1Gb DDR3 not sure which would be better for me?
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...5-28nm-gpu-800mhz-384-cores-d-sub-dl-dvi-hdmi far better IMO but yes its a tenner more than the £50 budget - if you could nudge up to £60 or so then the nv GT640 becomes an option as well http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-...-gddr5-gpu-1046mhz-384-cores-dvi-d-d-sub-hdmi I chose the GDDR5 cards , as they are simply better for gaming - and under a fiver more than the DDR3 versions; and the GT640 is massively faster than the GT630; the G^20>GT630 are effectively the same card , both have 96 cuda cores (the gt 640 has 384) the 620 is clocled at 700/1200 , whereas the 630 is clocked at 810/1600 , with DDR3. so IMO that extra £10 or so gets you far better `oomph` for your money
I could go the extra £10 (ish) but the big fan / 2nd slot vent makes me think its going to be a bit noisy.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/58677-sapphire-radeon-hd-7730-1gb-gddr5/?page=7 hexus review says its practically silent even when gaming (and 1GB GDDR5 is far better than 2GB G)DDR3
