Advice on a card for under £100 and 32 or 64 bit


  1. Posts : 76
    windows 7 home pre 64 bit
       #1

    Advice on a card for under £100 and 32 or 64 bit


    Hi,

    I recently upgraded to win 7 on a Nforce 2 board and have had a load of prob's (as posted on here) its seems that my old NF2 board can't run Win 7 so I have now treated my self to a new pc (comming for xmas) spec as here;

    WIN 7 32 or 64 bit?
    Asus M4A78-VM - DDR2 1200x2 780G chipset
    AM3 Phenom X2 250 3.0 GHz,
    4Gb Corsair Memory DDR2 1066 (2x2Gb)
    500GB SATA Hard Drive
    Cool Master 500W PSU

    Can anyone please recomend a graphics card (pci-e 2) for under £100 that would suit this set up (either ATI or Nvidia) its main use is for internet with the odd games play but its not really intended as a gamming pc.

    Also should I install 32 bit or 64 bit Win 7 ?

    Any help please
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  2. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    If gaming isn't a concern you could save the £100 and just use the onboard HD3200. If you still want a card at the top end of your budget something like this,

    Sapphire HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI Display Port Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer

    for a middle of the road option,

    Sapphire HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 DVI VGA HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card With Free Collectors ATI Ruby Figurine While Stocks Last - Ebuyer
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  3. Posts : 76
    windows 7 home pre 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Stormy13,

    Thanks for your help, I am not sure how good the on-board graphics are thats why I was thinking of having a pci e card fitted, also as I understand it having a card fitted will free up some of the ram and run a little smoother.
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  4. Posts : 581
    Windows 7 Ulitimate Beta 32 Bit, Windows Vista 32 Bit, Ubuntu 9.10 32 Bit
       #4

    hm.... go for the 5750 as it has dx11 support and is the best for your money right now
    and yes things would go a little smoother and 64bit or 32.... its more a preference than anything if you want to use all your ram go with 64 if it doesn't matter then either one
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