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

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

you may be joking about sticking with the existing card for now - -
but - -
why not?? as long as the new motherboard will accommodate it, you've got
nothing to lose - - and if you find out that the graphics subsystem is a
bottle neck, then it's time to re-visit the graphics card minefield!

.....stating the obvious I guess :s

R.

On 20/04/2008, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Graphics cards are a bloody minefield - especially if you're trying
to
> build
> a quiet PC as "meaty" cards are difficult to cool passively
and require a
> decent airflow over the heatsinks which is kinda the thing you *DON'T*
> have
> on a quiet PC!
>
> I found a couple of BIIIIIG Ati Saphire Radeon HD 2900XTs for sale on
eba=
y
> at =A3150 (so far) which were =A3200 each from Overclockers six months
ag=
o
> which
> have big fansinks on them but are supposed to be silent - I'm even
tempte=
d
> to give those a shot but haven't ATi been taking a bit of a battering
to
> nVidia recently?
>
> My current card is an ATi Radeon 2400 which is passively cooled and is
> *SUPPOSED* to be OK for HiDef playback but my current processor isn't
up
> to
> it - maybe I should just stick to that for now? :-D
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Paul Gordon
> > Sent: 19 April 2008 19:33
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [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
> > cooled, but with a different (bigger) system... There's a
comparison of
> > them here...
> > http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=3DMTM3OSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaW=
Fz
> > dA
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> > BTW, - where's the PSU coming from? - I'd like to get a modular
one for
> > my main workstation PC...
>
>=20=20
>


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