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Graphics card advice

safesound
safesound Posts: 1,164 Forumite
I'm looking for a new graphics card but theres so many different makes and they all claim to be the best so I was hoping I could get some advice on what card to buy. I'll list my requirements and I hope someone in the "know" will be able to help me out with a recommendation.

  • Pci-Express 2
  • 512mb or more memory
  • Svideo out
  • less than £60 :confused:
I dont play games but I do allot of video encoding between formats so it needs to be able to handle large files relatively quickly. Not asking much am I. :D
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  • -TangleFoot-
    -TangleFoot- Posts: 4,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    You can afford either an ATi Radeon HD 4670 or a Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT. If you're willing to stretch your budget a little you should be able to bag a superior Radeon HD 4770 for around eighty pounds, or a HD 4830 for slightly less.

    If you don't already possess a GPU-assisted transcoding application, a card from the Radeon family may be more cost-effective: the Avivo Video Converter can be had for free, whereas the likes of Badaboom cost money.
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