Dell 2407 - What GFX Card?

[Freakish_05]

The time has finally come and I am nearly ready to buy my Dell 2407.

I have stopped short though, after reading an article about current (non-dx10 cards) being able to run all of Vistas wonderful hi-def features.
The 2407 itself is HD ready (i.e. you can whack a dvi cable in from a sky-hd box and it will look amazing) but I'm wondering whether to put off my new purchases until the new DX10 cards are released.
I was fully prepared to fork out for a X1900XT with 512mb ram which would have at least allowed me to play UT2007 at max settings but I don't really want to have to shell out another £250+ in 8 months whilst having lost loads on the X1900XT which would, by then, be obsolete.

Advice please!
Cheers.

 

[glenimp617]

I had an x1800xt on my 2407 and thought it was great

x1900xt should be superb

 

[The Asgard]

7900 GTO 512

 

[meghatronic]

I was fully prepared to fork out for a X1900XT with 512mb ram which would have at least allowed me to play UT2007 at max settings but I don't really want to have to shell out another £250+ in 8 months whilst having lost loads on the X1900XT which would, by then, be obsolete.

You buy a brand new car from the show room and it is devalued the second you leave the street...

Take a jump. You're X1900XT will NOT be obsolete in a few years... trust me. You just won't have the latest card..... no bigge?

 

[pumpman]

as above no matter what you buy wether its a new dx10 card when they come out it will always devalue , buy a card that you can afford and plays the games you like now , you may get hit by a meteorite tomorrow for all you know

 

[fastwunz]

as above no matter what you buy wether its a new dx10 card when they come out it will always devalue , buy a card that you can afford and plays the games you like now , you may get hit by a meteorite tomorrow for all you know

with that in mind, my credit card is now shaking.........

 

[meghatronic]

with that in mind, my credit card is now shaking.........

Well I bought a second 2407 last night and my credit card shook so much it even crawled back into my wallet. I ripped it out and stappled it to the desk though - you only live once. So go get some

 

[FrankJH]

lets say the X1900XT only lasts one year - thats £20 a month which is cost of a few pints - and believe me the X1900 has enough power for most games at easily playable levels at full res

 

[ACESHIGH]

Its great how everyone rationalises their purchases of highend pc gear.

But i do agree. We all have hobbies we enjoy & we do have to spend our money on something.

Grab the X1900XT & enjoy.

 

[Darg]

My advice after being ripped off by sub par dell equipment would be to make sure that the motherboard is standard spec such as ATX. You can give up on ever being able to overclock the CPU or RAM with a dell motherboard. If you're lucky though it will be standard size so atleast fit into another case if you ever decide to upgrade that.

Keep in mind that air flow is notoriously bad in dell cases. Mine had one system fan that was funneled down onto the CPU and the CPU itself just had a very crappy little heatsink. I had to buy a PCI slot extractor fan before I could even think of overclocking my old 9800 Pro.

If I were you I would check out the prices of buying all the different parts yourself and if it's within a couple of hundred pounds of the dell then go for that because you will be getting much higher quality for your money and you will be able to upgrade freely later on without having to buy a new system every time.

 

[Shocky-FM]

Umm, wait a month of so for nvidias G80.. 8800GTX or whatever its called..

 

[Kezmo]

My advice after being ripped off by sub par dell equipment would be to make sure that the motherboard is standard spec such as ATX. You can give up on ever being able to overclock the CPU or RAM with a dell motherboard. If you're lucky though it will be standard size so atleast fit into another case if you ever decide to upgrade that.

Keep in mind that air flow is notoriously bad in dell cases. Mine had one system fan that was funneled down onto the CPU and the CPU itself just had a very crappy little heatsink. I had to buy a PCI slot extractor fan before I could even think of overclocking my old 9800 Pro.

If I were you I would check out the prices of buying all the different parts yourself and if it's within a couple of hundred pounds of the dell then go for that because you will be getting much higher quality for your money and you will be able to upgrade freely later on without having to buy a new system every time.

The Dell 2407 is a kick ass widescreen TFT/LCD