Low profile budget card help

Superb. Looking on ebay item no. (250721405895) although the model no is the same it looks different... Don't know what the deal with that is... is it the same?

@OP that looks like the same card to me, however I would personally buy from a trusted retrailer like overclockers.co.uk, its the same price and you can return the item if its faulty, I noticed that the seller on ebay does not accept returns.

@malmental, I don't think the OP is looking for an 'Impressive' card, just one that is quiet and aids in playing HD video's.

to be honest, all cards listed in thread have been crap..

that's the range of the cards he was looking at in the first place..

see i already suggested that and I get (an attempted ripping) from omgitzfatal...
i new I wasn't far off on this.

you wish you could afford what I'm smoking dude..
makes cheech and chong go back to making movies to hit this....
lovin' every toke.

that's up for debate dude.
just ask you lil' lady friend after your 2-min quickies...
tonight she'll have a headache.

oooooh good one.
get off moms though because I just got off yours...

Couldn't perform eh? unlucky....

Your Mum's so fat, when she fell down the stairs I thought EastEnders was ending.

Yeah, yeah.

Probs best to stop now lol. Don't wanna be banned haha.

till next time man.

Even the very cheap HD 4350 is fine for flash games (and everything else you listed)

Ati designs the HD4350, TSMC manufacture the GPU (graphics processing unit) chips and PCB's, and AIB (Add in board) company's stick there own cooler (sometimes) and sticker on the card and then ship the graphics cards to retailers.

So you get several AIB company's selling basically the same card, with some changes like the cooling and apperance, and also included bundle (accessories) and warranty period length.

i would recommend this. HD5570 is a great htpc card

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199415

i guess a cheaper HD5550 is also good for your use.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/219705

it's crap..

the hd4350 is crap even for your lesser card requirements.

ATi options that seemed to be approved of:
£32.43 PowerColor Go! Green AX5450 512MK3-SH Radeon HD 5450 / HDMI YES
£34.99 HIS ATI Radeon HD 5450 512MB GDDR3 SILENT / HDMI YES

a nVidia option which runs slightly better than the ATi but only has DX10 and not DX11 like ATi is: nVidia GT240 DDR5 512MB version HDMI
DX11 nVidia equal is GT430 DDR3 HDMI but performs slightly less than the other.
GT430 is also about equal to the ATi 54xx models.

Ok. I think I'm just going to go with the http://www.overclockers.co.uk/show [...] subcat=168

Way too many options. Before I crack... Any last thoughts. Looking at £40.13 Delivered. The GT430 & GT420 are far more expensive. The PC was only £90.

slightly a factor yes.
HP power supplies are average at best.
but to give you some confidence, I'm looking at a HP/Compaq Presario Media Center at my feet right now, model sr2030nx with 220 or 240 watt psu.
i just closed the case so i don't remember w/o looking again.
anyways, i just upgraded the unit for this single mom and her high school daughter.
I up it with full RAM set and an AMD Windsor class Athlon 64x2 5000+ (2.6ghz).
that cpu right there was more powerful than the original cpu so it requires more power;
I had an extra evga 8600gt 512mb card laying around and gave it too them
and found a cheap second monitor for them because they saw my multi-displays and like them. I'm also a sucker for single moms but that's another story...
bottom line is that the HP power supply (200-240 watt) is powering the rig nicely including video with both 19" monitors.
the requirements for the 8600gt state a minimum of 300watt system.
i have proof of this right here and now.

you can run a 300watt system required card on your system now.

i'd pay the extra $10 for 'his', your selection is crap..

OK, i get it..
it is less of a performing card than the others.
and if your even thinking about gaming even at lower settings then you need a slightly better card for any chance.
I once owned a HD4350 and the video even got distorted when in full screen mode.
the specs for that system were :
dell optiplex gx280
p4 3.6ghz ht enabled
3GB ddr2 667
hd4350
160gb seagate barracuda 7200 rpm
samsung dvd+/-rw 22x
he hd4350 damn near killed any performance.
and that was a higher clocked single core, imagine the 'bottleneck'
it will cause with even a slightly better system.
ran it with xp sp3 and win7 to get the WEI scores. (WEI) is 'very questionable at best' but that's another thread.

Looking at £70.49 + Del. Seems to be a US model. No HDMI. XFX PVT95GZAFG GeForce 9500 GT 1GB
Looking at £52.59 All IN Palit NEAT4300FHD01 GeForce GT 430
Can't find this model in the UK. HIS Silence H557HR1G Radeon HD 5570. Though Radeon HD 5570 is around £70

Got to watch the budget.... The consensus seems to be the other models which are cheaper will do the job. However you seem to be dead against it and I'm guessing this is probably due to experience.

Is it defo worth going for the £52.59 model over all the others...? So much for a simple answer, must admit the thread has made me laugh at times.

I've given up lol, I'm not argueing with malmental anymore. Enjoy your card, whatever you decide to buy.

See below...

Such a difference of opinion's... F.S. I could of bought the latest top of the range card with the amount of time I've wasted researching the cards.... lol

Thank you! someone with some common sense!