looking for a good cheap graphics card
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What is your price range, if gt 730 is your price cap, then that's the best you can get. Also get the 64bit. 64bit 730 goes with GDDR5 and the 128bit is DDR3, so the 64 bit version >>>> 128 bit version.
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is this for games, movies, or just plain desktop office use? for basic use, any older cheap card will do fine. i have a few, like a nvidia 9500GT and an amd HD2600 Pro, which have two DVI outputs to make life easy. some cards do a mix of VGA, DVI, and HDMI so you end up having different cables.
the 9500GT / HD2600 were bought used for under $20 each.
the 9500GT / HD2600 were bought used for under $20 each.
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If you're not gaming, you don't need much of a GPU - gaming and high-end rendering are the things that demand better GPUs.
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ok, what motherboard and cpu is he using right now? does he already have the outputs at the back? for basic desktop use and movies, most onboard graphics are perfectly fine. if he already has the right parts, that'll save you a ton of cash.
otherwise, any low-end card will be fine. i have a GT610 which cost me $35 and has DVI, HDMI, and VGA. it is passively cooled so no fan to be noisy or to break, but the bigger heatsink uses up two spots.
otherwise, any low-end card will be fine. i have a GT610 which cost me $35 and has DVI, HDMI, and VGA. it is passively cooled so no fan to be noisy or to break, but the bigger heatsink uses up two spots.
Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H is the mobo. It has good enough graphics but it isn't dual monitor capable, AT LEAST I DON'T THINK SO. I looked at the 610 but with not much price difference I felt the 730gt was better for virtually the same money. I'm not a tech or computer geek so it's the little stuff that I don'
t know that sometimes can make all of the difference. Thanks for all of your help.
t know that sometimes can make all of the difference. Thanks for all of your help.
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user manual, pages 12-13:
Dual Display Configurations for the Onboard Graphics:
This motherboard provides three video output ports: D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI. Dual monitor confgurations
are supported in operating system environment only, but not during the BIOS Setup or POST process.
since you have the board, and probably two monitors available, try it out! i'm thinking you can use the onboard connectors (pick any two) to get video signals and have windows show as using dual screens.
if that completely fails in every combination, then look at a graphics card. which card? doesn't matter. for what you want, anything made in the last few years will be fine.
Dual Display Configurations for the Onboard Graphics:
This motherboard provides three video output ports: D-Sub, DVI-D, and HDMI. Dual monitor confgurations
are supported in operating system environment only, but not during the BIOS Setup or POST process.
since you have the board, and probably two monitors available, try it out! i'm thinking you can use the onboard connectors (pick any two) to get video signals and have windows show as using dual screens.
if that completely fails in every combination, then look at a graphics card. which card? doesn't matter. for what you want, anything made in the last few years will be fine.
EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked Single Slot 2GB DDR3 Graphics Cards 02G-P4-2742-KR
EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 64bit DVI/HDMI/VGA Low Profile Graphics Card 02G-P3-3733-KR ........were the 2 I was looking at. Not 100% sure of either, But I'll check out the mobo first.
EVGA GeForce GT 730 2GB GDDR5 64bit DVI/HDMI/VGA Low Profile Graphics Card 02G-P3-3733-KR ........were the 2 I was looking at. Not 100% sure of either, But I'll check out the mobo first.
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