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Looking for video card recommendation...
I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card
(GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Mobo is an Intel D865PERL, AGP or PCI plots. Any advice appreciated! |
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M'Balz Es-Hari wrote:
I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Mobo is an Intel D865PERL, AGP or PCI plots. Any advice appreciated! Quite a few 5200's had problems with widescreen resolutions via DVI. Most folks report good results with 7300/7600's and there are a few decent AGP cards left that won't cost an arm/leg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130076 |
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On Aug 27, 5:30 pm, deimos deimos@localhost wrote:
M'Balz Es-Hari wrote: I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Mobo is an Intel D865PERL, AGP or PCI plots. Any advice appreciated! Quite a few 5200's had problems with widescreen resolutions via DVI. Most folks report good results with 7300/7600's and there are a few decent AGP cards left that won't cost an arm/leg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130076 I guess I should have asked in my original post, but will I see a noticable difference using DVI vs VGA? |
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"M'Balz Es-Hari" wrote in message oups.com... I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Oh, but they ~all~ say that. Anyway, the fastest card available for the abandoned AGP standard is the nVidia 7900GS. Anything higher than that is PCI-e. A 7600GT would be ideal in your case, assuming "I am not a hardcore gamer" really means " Seriously, I am ~not~ a hardcore gamer." Fierce Guppy -- fierce,guppy@paradise,net,nz |
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Fierce Guppy wrote:
"M'Balz Es-Hari" wrote in message oups.com... I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Oh, but they ~all~ say that. Anyway, the fastest card available for the abandoned AGP standard is the nVidia 7900GS. Anything higher than that is PCI-e. A 7600GT would be ideal in your case, assuming "I am not a hardcore gamer" really means " Seriously, I am ~not~ a hardcore gamer." Fierce Guppy For a real softcore gamer, a(n Asus) GeForce 6200 AGP with 128 MB VRAM (not shared) should do. Roy |
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"M'Balz Es-Hari" wrote in message
ps.com [...] I guess I should have asked in my original post, but will I see a noticable difference using DVI vs VGA? Possibly. DVI should never be worse than analogue, but a very good analogue can be virtually indistinguishable from DVI. |
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On Aug 29, 9:21 am, Roy Coorne wrote:
Fierce Guppy wrote: "M'Balz Es-Hari" wrote in message roups.com... I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Oh, but they ~all~ say that. Anyway, the fastest card available for the abandoned AGP standard is the nVidia 7900GS. Anything higher than that is PCI-e. A 7600GT would be ideal in your case, assuming "I am not a hardcore gamer" really means " Seriously, I am ~not~ a hardcore gamer." Fierce Guppy For a real softcore gamer, a(n Asus) GeForce 6200 AGP with 128 MB VRAM (not shared) should do. Roy Went to Fry's & picked up a PNY Geforce 7600GS 512MB AGP Card. On sale for $149 and comes with a $50 rebate. The display looks pretty sweet! I may have to dig up a game or two... |
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