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balearic   12-11-2008 at 07:10:37 PM

i'm looking to buy a new video card for my brother. He has a new 22" HP LCD monitor that has an HDMI port. So far he has used an HDMI adapter to his DVI video card, but now is having issues with his gaming as the monitor turns off periodically. Is there any new video cards with HDMI instead of DVI connection? I'm trying to get him a powerful card such as a 4870 or a GTX260.

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IH8U   12-11-2008 at 07:22:07 PM
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These are what I could come up with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814131124
$170 ATI 4850

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814162021
$170~ Geforce 9800GTX+ (shady manuf.)

Although I really don't see the point, these HDMI outputs are intended for HDTV's, Use the DVI and be done with it (even a cheap 2.1 set of speakers are better than any on a monitor). As there is NO DIFFERENCE IN PICTURE QUALITY BETWEEN DVI, and HDMI.

*EDIT* and yes that monitor also has a DVI port.
*EDIT2* yes HDMI also passes sound (not well on the nVidia tho).


Message edited by IH8U on 12-11-2008 at 07:38:37 PM
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balearic   12-11-2008 at 07:39:27 PM
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No this monitor does not have a DVI port.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824176091

but thanks for the suggestions i didnt even notice those on newegg.


Message edited by balearic on 12-11-2008 at 07:40:43 PM
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balearic   12-11-2008 at 07:45:28 PM
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Another queston. If he is running 1680 x 1050 resolution on a 22" monitor, is the 4870 512mb going to be a better buy than the 4870 1gig version? I was assuming a 4870 1gig version was for 1900x1200 or greater.

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IH8U   12-11-2008 at 07:48:12 PM
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That's a first, trust HP to be retarded. Has a VGA, HDMI, and USB. HP drop the VGA as well as the USB, and use DVI instead!

more reasons I will never buy HP monitors (I buy Samsung, or AG Neovo).

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IH8U   12-11-2008 at 07:50:40 PM
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As far as I know there is no noticible difference between the two at that rez. However what I listed was the 4850 (depending on the MB, go with X-Fire).

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IH8U   12-11-2008 at 08:03:39 PM
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Or even better, what card does he have now? Because for a similar price you could get a new 22" monitor, and drop that no-DVI-havin-chunk-of-HP-crap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824009145
$170 22" Acer monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236050
$190 22" ASUS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001310
$230 22" Samsung

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