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What Graphics Card to buy..............
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Posted March 24, 2012 at 10:33PM
I want to replace my current g/card as it keeps giving me problems but I din't know where to start I am not a gamer, just do poster and very keen on my photos Currently my card is ATI Radeon HD 4300/5300 series. PC Details......Windows 7 64bit AMD Phenom || x 4 945 Quad core processor 3.0GHZ,8mb cashe)Mainboard ASUS M4A78LTM, 8GB Ram The casing is called a Mini Tower (uATX) (a Mesh PC unfortunately) not had any problems except the graghics card keeps freezing for a few seconds then recovers itself
I haven't as of yet opened up the case, I know the motherboard does have integrated graphics HDMI/DVI/VGA -DDR3 but it has been disconnected because I went for a separate card
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Posted March 24, 2012 at 11:04PM
Possibly this one, hd6600.
Cheap enough but you could contact Novatech for further enquiries.
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Posted March 25, 2012 at 11:48AM
I know the motherboard does have integrated graphics HDMI/DVI/VGA -DDR3 but it has been disconnected because I went for a separate card
Will have been switched off in BIOS.
Reboot to BIOS
re enable on board graphics save and exit
shutdown open case and remove old card
reconnect monitor to motherboard graphics port
reboot
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Posted March 25, 2012 at 12:36PM
Thanks for your replys... rdave13 the one you have suggested seems like it will do the job....
Fruit Bat /\0/\ would the on board graphics be sufficent because when I bought the PC that is why I had a separate card also what you have explained to reconnect concerns me because when I received the PC I had a spare lead ( a flat one about an inch wide) I assumed that was something to do with it ?? sorry to be a bother but I am not to sure which way to go
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Posted March 25, 2012 at 12:43PM
Graphics
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 GPU Multi-VGA output support : HDMI/DVI/RGB ports - Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz - Supports DVI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz - Supports RGB with max. resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 85 Hz Maximum shared memory of 1024 MB
Would have thought good enough for photos
You can always try, costs nothing, add another card later if not good enough for your likes.
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Posted March 25, 2012 at 1:17PM
For still photography work, you'd be hard pressed to notice much difference. Some dedicated graphics is certainly helpful for video work, especially in HD.
Even if you stick with dedicated graphics, you certainly don't need to spend a lot, if you're not worried about gaming capabilities.
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