Recommended Graphics Card?

[Myth of Echelon]

Let's see here. I have Windows XP, a Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 motherboard (supports PCI-E), AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core (2.51GHz), 2.93GB RAM and my current graphics card is a "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 400" with 256MB.

 

I need a new graphics card that is compatible, can stream a minimum of 720p HD and have a HDMI-out (for a 1080p monitor).

 

I realize this is an awkward set-up I have, but I thought I'd give it a shot. Price is not an obstacle, and if possible I'd want a HDMI-in also, but I realize that's unlikely.

[Henrawr]

Hello there Ben.

Pretty much all of the newest graphics cards are all PCI-e and are HDMI compatible. For graphics cards manufacturers, either NVIDIA or ATi are fine, but NVIDIA usually have more expensive equivalent cards.

[Myth of Echelon]

Hello there Henry

 

But I was told I had an awkward setup and I needed something specific. Help, pl0x?

[Henrawr]

Oh, I can't find this for myself, I seem to be getting mixed results; do you have a small computer that possibly has a mini ATX motherboard or mATX?

[Myth of Echelon]

Unfortunately, no. :L

[Scotteh]

Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

 

Processor Frequency: 576 MHz

 

Rendering Pipelines: 216 processor cores

 

Exchange Interface Memory/Processor: 448-bit

 

Memory: 896 MB DDR3

 

Bus: PCI-Express 2.0 x16

 

Memory Frequency: 1998 MHz

 

DirectX 3D Hardware: DirectX 10

 

OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1

 

RAMDAC: 400 MHz

 

 

Outputs

 

Dual DVI-I

HDTV

Composite

HDMI (via adapter)

 

Package Contents:

 

Driver Disk

GRiD Game bundle

User Manual

1 x DVI-to-HDMI Adapter (With Audio)

2 x DVI-to-VGA Adapter

S/PDIF Audio cable

 

Just an educated guess, anything like that?

[Henrawr]

I believe that your motherboard is an mATX or micro ATX board, so as long as you don't have an mATX case, then you should be fine with any cards as long as your power supply can take it.

Also, if you have no price range, I'd go for something better than the GTX 260.

[Myth of Echelon]

GTX 260 has not HMDI plug :/

And I'm not fond of adapters

[Shaunno]

HMDI? and yeah they do like henry said all modern graphics cards have at least one HDMI out and DVI

[Henrawr]

I'm pretty sure it does, as I have one on my GTS 250.

[Myth of Echelon]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_260_us.html

 

Additional Views > Look at it from the back :/

[Shaunno]

Could get an ATI Radeon HD 5770 fairly cheap and would do what you want to do with it, and eys this does have an HDMI output. (I checked lol  8-))

 

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/hd-5770/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5770-overview.aspx

[Henrawr]

The GT 260 does have an HDMI output, in that pic too. :3

[Myth of Echelon]

I wanna use it to out HDMI to a 1080p monitor but also be able to stream 720p minimum from a capture card

[Henrawr]

The 260 can definitely do that, considering that my 250 can do it.

But, I'd recommend a much newer card for flawless performance if you have the money.

[Myth of Echelon]

How much we talking?

[Henrawr]

An ATi/AMD (as they want to be called AMD again) HD 6870 is around £200-£210. That's a pretty good and new card.

[Myth of Echelon]

Oh dear. :L

 

I'll ask me mother :L

[Henrawr]

If you get a maximum budget, you know where I am.

[Thrill]

ATI 5000 are pretty good value for money nowadays, I got a HD 5870 in August and the prices have dropped considerably now

 

What's the card for? Video editing, gaming?

[Shaunno]

The GT 260 does have an HDMI output, in that pic too. :3

 

nah it looks like it has 2xDVI and a s-video

[Myth of Echelon]

As I said, streaming video from a Capture Card (Xbox 360) and outputting to a 1080 monitor.

[Shaunno]

you can get a 5870 for around the 190 mark now which is about the same as a newer 6870, dont forget theres the nvidia side of things you can get an nvidia 460 for around a 100 and a 470 for around 175. good hunting

[Myth of Echelon]

The 5870 is quite expensive..

And the other two only have mini HDMI outputs, to my knowledge. Will they carry a good quality 1080p resolution to my monitor?

[Thrill]

Yes, the quality of 1080p will be awesome