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RE: [OT] : Graphics card advice wanted...
Phil, How about one of these...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143222
I've just ordered one for myself... :-)
IF need be, there is a GTS version of the card that is also passively
coole=
d, but with a different (bigger) system... There's a comparison of them
her=
e... http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=3DMTM3OSwxLCxoZW50aHVza=
WFzdA
HTH
Paul G.
BTW, - where's the PSU coming from? - I'd like to get a modular one for my
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main workstation PC...
-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of P=
hil Harris
Sent: 19 April 2008 18:26
To: UKHA Group
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Graphics card advice wanted...
OK - I'm in the middle of placing an order for my PC upgrade ... I've
settled on the following:
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A G0 stepping Q6600 Quad-Core as apparently they run quick and cool as
standard (2.4GHz) and can overclock nicely up to 3.4GHz+ if you can keep
them cool (not as I really want to overclock but the option is there) -
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140
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An Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - seems to be highly recommended for
runnin=
g
very quietly at stock speeds and providing enough cooling for overclocking
the Q6600 if you want to dabble with that. - =A319
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A Gigabyte GA P35-DS4 motherboard - doesn't support SLi / Crossfire (I
don'=
t
"do" gaming) but it does have a decent array of expansion slots
(2 PCI
Express X16 slots, one at x16 and one at x4) + 3 PCI Express x1 slots + 2
PCI slots), plenty of SATA connectors (8 x SATA II), optical and electrical
SPDIF outputs - =A3105
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A Corsair 4Gb (2x2Gb) XMS6400 800MHz DDR2 kit (leaves two slots free on the
mobo to go to 8Gb if I need to in future) -=A364
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A Nexus "Silent" Modular 600W PSU - =A377
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OK - question now is graphics card ... I need something with Dual-Link DVI
(to drive my big DELL 30" LCD at 2560 x 1600) and either DVI or VGA
(to
drive my 20" DELL LCD at 1680 x 1050). It has to be passive cooled, up
to
the job of hi-def (Blu-Ray or HD-DVD) decoding and playback, doesn't need
huge 3D / gaming performance but it would be nice to be able to run a few
demos or 3DMark and not feel ashamed.=20
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Been thinking about this:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?XFX-86GTF
- =A382 - but I
don't think it has hardware acceleration of HiDef decoding
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I'd consider something like
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BFG-6GTS2T
- =A3120 - but =
I
have no idea how noisy the coolers on these things are in the real world
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.
and I don't want to be spending a fortune on a graphics card for no
advantage.
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Anyone got any other sensible suggestions for alternative graphics cards -
whether ATi or nVidia based - I have no specific allegiance with either
camp...
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(Any other comments on any of the components listed above gratefully
received...)=20
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Phil
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