Myth of Echelon Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hello there Henry But I was told I had an awkward setup and I needed something specific. Help, pl0x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Unfortunately, no. :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotteh Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 GTX 260 has not HMDI plug :/ And I'm not fond of adapters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 HMDI? and yeah they do like henry said all modern graphics cards have at least one HDMI out and DVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I'm pretty sure it does, as I have one on my GTS 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_gtx_260_us.html Additional Views > Look at it from the back :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 The GT 260 does have an HDMI output, in that pic too. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I wanna use it to out HDMI to a 1080p monitor but also be able to stream 720p minimum from a capture card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 How much we talking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 Oh dear. :L I'll ask me mother :L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrawr Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 If you get a maximum budget, you know where I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 The GT 260 does have an HDMI output, in that pic too. :3 nah it looks like it has 2xDVI and a s-video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 As I said, streaming video from a Capture Card (Xbox 360) and outputting to a 1080 monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth of Echelon Posted December 23, 2010 Author Share Posted December 23, 2010 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Yes, the quality of 1080p will be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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