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GoodGame124   02-12-2012 at 02:30:59 AM

I have an old desktop that my parents want to use to hook up to the TV. It's a XPS400 with the most basic specs running windows XP. Can someone recommend me a graphics card that would work for this? I searched around on newegg and got a wide variety of prices so not sure where to go with this.

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jaguarskx   02-12-2012 at 02:55:29 AM

I guess your parents just want to watch movies. The following Radeon HD 5450 should be fine for that. It is silent and uses very little power.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814127557

The following nVidia 8400GS is cheaper, but requires a little more setup. Unlike the above Radeon HD 5450, this card does not have a built in audio processor. When connecting the HDMI to the HDTV you will not get sound unless you connect the audio card to the 8400GS with an audio pass-thru cable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121473

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GoodGame124   02-12-2012 at 03:06:05 AM

Thank you. I will check out both of those! :)

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