Solved What graphics card ?

[harry5]

Goodaye everyone
was wondering if anyone could recomend a graphics card for my pc am using on board graphics now is fine for most things but as my isp provides unmetered content for a tv station that I can't recieve and on my pc it is a little none too sharp. Watchable but could be better am not a gamer want something reasonably priced eg-$50-$100 my monitor is a 19 inch V7 R19W11 max resolution 1440x900 /60.0Hz Am asking cos am not real pc savvy any thoughts would be appreciated
Cheers
Harry

 

[Coolness]

Goodaye everyone
was wondering if anyone could recomend a graphics card for my pc am using on board graphics now is fine for most things but as my isp provides unmetered content for a tv station that I can't recieve and on my pc it is a little none too sharp. Watchable but could be better am not a gamer want something reasonably priced eg-$50-$100 my monitor is V7 R19W11 max resolution 1440x900 /60.0Hz Am asking cos am not real pc savvy any thoughts would be appreciated
Cheers
Harry

Hello Harry,

If youre not looking to game, i'm going to recommend you this card. Its an exellent card for the value, and has HDMI, which you'll probably need.

 

[harry5]

Hey there coolness
Thanks for reply I will begin to search ebay as no decent computer shops near me nearest one is about 250 mile round trip once again thank you
Cheers
Harry

 

[SlackerITGuy]

The Radeon HD 4850 is a fine choice.

But if the OP is not looking to game, then I'd go for a low end, low power consumption Radeon HD 5000 series card.

Radeon HD 5670 would be my choice.

 

[Coolness]

The Radeon HD 4850 is a fine choice.

But if the OP is not looking to game, then I'd go for a low end, low power consumption Radeon HD 5000 series card.

Radeon HD 5670 would be my choice.

Only a 10 $ diffirence, who knows, he might wanna game in the future, and he wont regret spending the extra 10$.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

The Radeon HD 4850 is a fine choice.

But if the OP is not looking to game, then I'd go for a low end, low power consumption Radeon HD 5000 series card.

Radeon HD 5670 would be my choice.

Only a 10 $ diffirence, who knows, he might wanna game in the future, and he wont regret spending the extra 10$.

I guess the kicker here would be the prospect(s) of gaming.

If he's confident he's not gonna game anytime soon, and goes ahead and buys a 4850, he's gonna be stuck with the bigger, hotter, louder and more power hungry card.

 

[Coolness]

The Radeon HD 4850 is a fine choice.

But if the OP is not looking to game, then I'd go for a low end, low power consumption Radeon HD 5000 series card.

Radeon HD 5670 would be my choice.

Only a 10 $ diffirence, who knows, he might wanna game in the future, and he wont regret spending the extra 10$.

I guess the kicker here would be the prospect(s) of gaming.

If he's confident he's not gonna game anytime soon, and goes ahead and buys a 4850, he's gonna be stuck with the bigger, hotter, louder and more power hungry card.

Aah, those things i did not think of. Well, theres also the fact that the 4850 would speed up his system. I really dont know which one i would take, but since i game, i would take the 4850. Your call OP.

 

[Fumz]

... Well, theres also the fact that the 4850 would speed up his system...

What?

 

[tw33k]

Hey there coolness
Thanks for reply I will begin to search ebay as no decent computer shops near me nearest one is about 250 mile round trip once again thank you
Cheers
Harry

I shop here exclusively. The prices are great and fast delivery. Have a look: Graphics Cards

 

[Coolness]

... Well, theres also the fact that the 4850 would speed up his system...

What?

Well, if you have a better graphics card, it will take load off the processor when using Aero. Am i right?

 

[Fumz]

... Well, theres also the fact that the 4850 would speed up his system...

What?

Well, if you have a better graphics card, it will take load off the processor when using Aero. Am i right?

Not exactly. Aero only requires a 1GHz cpu; the OP has a Q8400 quad. Aero isn't making an impact at all on it.

 

[valtonray]

the low end 5 series cards from ati are looking pretty good and in your price range.
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100291L Radeon HD 5450 (Cedar) 512MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards is great if you wont be playing games, this card has HDCP. if you think you may do some light gaming in the future try Newegg.com - POWERCOLOR AX5570 1GBD3-LH Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit GDDR3 Low Profile Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards both should be okay on stock power supplies but you may want to double check.

 

[Fumz]

I dunno fellas... I'm not sure this is the right time to be recommending Radeon 5x's.