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Hyburnate

Hyburnate

Hyburnate

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So twas my birthday today and finally have enough money to go out and buy a couple new PC Bits. So time to retire the old 17" Gal. Served me well.

So I'm currently running a 460 Card. Now I'm thinking. If I run 1x http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-062-AC&groupid=17&catid=949&subcat= on the GTX460 and play games in windowed mode and run them on the one screen. And perhaps add a bigger screen at a later date. Could I run like another AOC Monitor (the same) on something like a 210 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-272-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1833? Or perhaps pick up a cheaper card from MM? Does it have to be nVidia?

And also any better monitors around the same price point?
 
For the money that OCUK/AOC 21.5in 1080p monitor is pretty hard to beat. The only better deal you could find would possibly be a second-hand monitor with warranty remaining (eg a Dell 2209WA E-IPS).

As for running a second monitor (and running games on one screen), the GTX 460 would handle that fine. If you plan to use a third or fourth monitor then a second graphics card would be required (or switching to a single AMD card with displayport outputs).
 
Ahhh ok then :) Yeah going down to a 69xx series will probably happen when everyone wants to get rid of them. But still can run medium games. Not into massive FPS's so we're ok there so I don't play demanding games.

Thanks for that :) I'll make sure to order these.

Does anyone actually here have them?
 
Here is a thread where the OP went for three of these AOC monitors. He seems to be pretty happy with them.

As for going for a HD 69xx card, that sounds like a good plan. Once Kepler comes out I reckon quite a few of these will go on sale and I can tell you from personal experience that they are very nice cards. Most have two displayport or mini-displayport outputs - so you can connect up a total of four monitors to a single card (so long as you use active displayport to DVI adapters).
 
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