el cheapo graphics card

[ash_scotland88]

I posted this in general but would like to know fairly soon:

basically I dont have all the finances in place to buy my full wanted rig, and I thought it would be better to buy a seperate graphics card rather than onboard to power a 22" monitor.
I havnt played pc games for a good few years so waiting an extra few months wont harm me btu i want/need a new computer for uni. So i need something that can run a 22" WS monitor. So was thinking a 8400/8500 or 2400 type thing, suggestions?
The rest of the system is q6600, maybe 2gigs ram, it will be for cimputer animation work but I dont think we start it till the 2nd or 3rd term.


I'm looking at the 256MB Sapphire HD2600XT PCI-E(x16) 128Bit 1400MHz GDDR3 GPU 800MHz CrossFire 2xDVI-I/HDTV

but in the end I would most likely go with nvidia for a 8800gtx or 9800, would this matter?

 

[Zefan]

If you're not going to be playing games and your onboard graphics supports the resolution then just stick with onboard. I deleted your other thread by the way as you'll get better responses in here.

 

[ash_scotland88]

well I dont know if it even has an onboard graphics card, I mght go really cheap and get a 8400, or would that just be pointless?
planned card: asus p5kc

 

[Zefan]

It doesn't have onboard graphics. I'm not sure which budget card is best I'm afraid.

 

[ash_scotland88]

cheers, any more ideas? I would like the option of light gaming if that would make a difference.

 

[Big.Wayne]

I bought a used 'passive' 256MB nVidia 6600LE PCI-E from auction for £25inc and that works great at 1920x1200, it even runs Call Of Duty very nicely but Doom3 struggles!

 

[ash_scotland88]

i totally forgot about auctions....cheers

 

[ash_scotland88]

humpty bump, even bidding doesnt appear to be much cheaper, and would lik suggestions what to look for anyway

 

[<F0rb>]

The 8400GS will run that res fine, as long as you don't play games. ATI's 2400 is also another good option.