buy a reasonable card

[banker]

I am looking for a reasonable graphic card.without breaking the bank I do not play games but use the computer for cctv any ideas.

 

[Monstermunch]

I am looking for a reasonable graphic card.without breaking the bank I do not play games but use the computer for cctv any ideas.

If your system is AGP then this will do:

GX-048-XF XFX GeForce 6200 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (PVT44ARAMG) (GX-048-XF) £32.95

Or if it's PCI-Express then try this one:

GX-060-LT Leadtek GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-060-LT) £28.95


Either will do the job you need it for.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

yea the 6200 would be a good buy since it has some hardware acceleration of video decoding.

 

[Mr Mister]

i wouldnt go for turbo cache tho, isnt there a pci-e with 128mb on card memory?

 

[PinkPig]

I think the new 7300 GS (costs about £50) might have 128MB of on-board memory - I wouldn't be too concerned about the turbocache though, if you have at least 1GB of RAM and don't intend to play games then you shouldn't anticipate a problem...

 

[ACESHIGH]

Or ...

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X300SE 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX300SE) (GX-021-HT) Price:**£31.95 **(£37.54*Including VAT at 17.5%)

HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 9250SE 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (R9250-TDW128-64bit) (GX-026-HT) Price:**£21.95 **(£25.79*Including VAT at 17.5%)


as both have onboard memory.

 

[Thing]

I've seen X550's for about 30 quid inc vat. They're about as good as 6200 AFAIK.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

The X550s are better than the 6200s - put one in a cheap PC and I was pretty impressed by the performance for the money

I'd still go for the 6200 though due to its hardware video decoding (for the use intended gaming performance is irrelevant)

 

[hartgeh3]

will the 6200 (agp) be good for a htpc, as im after a new card

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Yes

 

[hartgeh3]

ordered