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    New card, need advice please

    Just doing the spec for new box, but graphics cards are a dark art to me.

    Not interested in games (sorry); might play a video; bit of 3-D.

    Must be passive cooling; run no bigger than a 24" monitor.

    Need DirectX 9c and OpenGL 2, just to be standard.

    So far have been interested in (from Scan):

    128/512MB Palit 7100GS (Palit? - who?)

    oops - can't post url 'til I get me long trousers!

    Is this any good (FSV of any good) and if not what could be, please?
    There is a limit on price, pref. below £30.

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    if your just watching videos etc it will probs be fine.

    The better brads out there are BFG, XFX, Asus and leadtech mainly but i dont think you will notice much difference to be honest.

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    If your computer is PCI-E then a 7300LE is a good bet :

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=396724

    The 7100 series is actually a modified 6200TC whereas a 7300LE is a true 7 series card.It will be probably better at video playback too(HDTV stuff) as it is faster.I think it is worth the extra 4-5 quid IMHO espcially if you are running higher resolution monitors!!

    The X300SE or X550 are also good:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=484557

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=484506

    If your computer is AGP then a 6200 is also good:

    http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=498828
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    Quote Originally Posted by Biscuit View Post
    if your just watching videos etc it will probs be fine.

    The better brads out there are BFG, XFX, Asus and leadtech mainly but i dont think you will notice much difference to be honest.
    Thanks, this is helpful. I wasn't sure about Palit; Asus I've found to be OK (MoBo, DVD RW etc.); XFX seems to have a lot of cards but I hadn't heard of it.

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    No problem but it might be worth taking note of what cat said... especially when they are around about the same

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    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    If your computer is PCI-E then a 7300LE is a good bet :

    The 7100 series is actually a modified 6200TC whereas a 7300LE is a true 7 series card.It will be probably better at video playback too(HDTV stuff) as it is faster.I think it is worth the extra 4-5 quid IMHO espcially if you are running higher resolution monitors!!

    The X300SE or X550 are also good:

    If your computer is AGP then a 6200 is also good:
    Thanks for the links - I'd looked a some of these but didn't know if they were any good. At least I was in the right sort of area.
    I'd read that an 'LE' card was sort of cut down and that 'GS' would be better, so went for the 7100GS. Hadn't realised about the versions.

    Feeding components into an online PSU calculator, the nVidia cards seem lower than the ATI ones, so less cooling.

    It'll be PCI-E.

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