Budget Silent Card - BF2 - HDTV

[salami1212]

Well, I have a pci express 6800gt. And i dont play games enough to keep it, so instead im thinking of selling it (maybe if i get enough) and get a graphics card which would be able to play bf2, not at highest but at 1366x768
as I will be getting a 26 inch samsung hdtv. so the card has to be hd ready aswell. Can I not do that with a budget of £100 if i got that much for my 6800gt? preferably cheaper as I want to try and get 2gb of ram.
Cheers

 

[sja360]

does the 6800GT not play BF2 well?
i believe a similar card to your 6800GT would be a 6800GS? but it has a few pipes missing (12 compared to the GT's 16) so i dont know if it'd kill performance a lot.

 

[salami1212]

it does, but i need cash and if not, i want it to be a hd ready card

 

[trojan698]

you wont get more than £110 for your 6800gt, and you'd end up out of pocket tbh, doubt you'd be able to get a hdtv ready card for less than £150.
The 6800gt will support hdtv surely?

 

[salami1212]

darn it.. i dont play games enough tho, but i still ocasionally play bf2

 

[Havana_UK]

Keep the 6800GT - for what you'd get for it now 2nd hand, I don't think you'd get a brand new card good enough to play BF2 and do the HDTV you want...

Hav

 

[Lanz]

The 6800GT will suit your needs better than any £100 new card, it does HD decoding fine with purevideo.

 

[tbz_ck]

For pure HD you want to be waiting for cards that will come with an HDMI connector on board.

 

[sja360]

For pure HD you want to be waiting for cards that will come with an HDMI connector on board.

there isnt any though
atleast not yet anyhow i suppose the next batch that come out *may* have a hdmi connector on the higher end models.

 

[tbz_ck]

Yea I know ATI have one in the works.....