drunkenfool
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Graphics cards are not my forté so i need some advice. I currently have Nvidia Geforce 6600 PCI-E and its caused no end of problems. PC wont boot up with both monitors plugged in, a lot of the features dont work etc I rebuilt this PC with a new motherboard earlier today (Was Abit KN8 Ultra, now using Asus A8N-E) and its causing the same problems booting up, but even worse now is a cant plug in the 2nd monitor when the pc is on and then enable it, as it automatically blue screens. I got the latest drivers straight off the Nvidia site, and im using WinXP Pro SP2.
Anyway, ive decided ive had enough so gonna fork out for a new GFX card and hope it sorts my problems. Dont wanna go for NVidia again, so any recommendations of a PCI-E card with dual DVI out, im not a big gamer but watch a lot of films on the projector connected to it, and got a budget of say £80 max.
Pllllleeeaaasseee help cos im fucking fed up with this PC at the moment! 
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drunkenfool
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 Need to order one today!
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Cybermonkey
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this is a fairly new card, will still be covered under warranty.
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drunkenfool
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in the meantime though i need to get my pc working again properly, cant use the projector at hte moment 
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Cybermonkey
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with your budget and the need for PCI-e, look at another 6600...
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drunkenfool
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Really wanna avoid NVidia in case its a driver issue or anything else that might happen again. Could prob stretch to £100 max
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drax
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Ive got an Nvidia pci-e card that i only used for 3 months before upgrading.. tis a budget card if you want to buy it off me? something like £70 ?
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nyzrox
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i use ati x1600 mobility in my imac, ati drivers are shit but amd own
keep nvidia, get a 7600 there cheap.
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Dan B
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http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=417807
How's that, for your budget?
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Dan B
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Or, if you want to avoid nVidia, how abotu this one?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=337844
I've never used ATI cards, so can't say whether that's a good one or not, but the X1600XT seemed to get good reviews when it was released, from memory...
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drax
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are you sure its not ram?
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nyzrox
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he means if he remembers...
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan B
Or, if you want to avoid nVidia, how abotu this one?
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=337844
I've never used ATI cards, so can't say whether that's a good one or not, but the X1600XT seemed to get good reviews when it was released, from memory...
Cheers Dan, ordered that one. Bought a silent PSU the other day with 140mm fan too so that should go well it 
Bought this case too
fed up of trying to work with the one i got at the moent (blue acrylic one) as you got to dismantle pretty much the whole thing to get access to the drives. Hopefully when its done being rebuilt it will all be finished properly, i can close the case and leave it be for a while to come 
[Edited on 20-08-2006 by drunkenfool]
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Dan B
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The next case I'm looking at has the drive-caddy mounted sideways, rather than length-ways, making it extremely easy to add/remove drives! 
Suffice to say, the case is absolutely huge!
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Cybermonkey
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drunken that case is sex 
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drunkenfool
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
drunken that case is sex
Cheers mate, took me an hour of browsing loads of sites to find it. It was £75 which is more than i thought id ever pay for a case, but should last ages and will look good in my new room (moving house on friday )
Got it from here if anyone is interested
http://www.shinyhardware.co.uk/products/product.asp?pid=5440
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James
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Thats cheaper than my wavemaster case, I love mine though
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