RE: [OT] : Graphics card advice wanted...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was looking at getting everything from Novatech as they're not far
from
me...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gordon
> Sent: 19 April 2008 19:33
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] : Graphics card advice wanted...
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> Phil, How about one of these...
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> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143222
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> I've just ordered one for myself... :-)
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> IF need be, there is a GTS version of the card that is also passively
> cooled, but with a different (bigger) system... There's a comparison
of
> them here...
> http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=3DMTM3OSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFz
> dA
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> HTH
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> Paul G.
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> BTW, - where's the PSU coming from? - I'd like to get a modular one
for
> my main workstation PC...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 19 April 2008 18:26
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Graphics card advice wanted...
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> 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)
-
> =A3140
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> An Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro - seems to be highly recommended for
> running
> 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.
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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
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> but I
> have no idea how noisy the coolers on these things are in the real
> world ...
> 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...)
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> Phil
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