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SetH
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19th Nov 07 at 18:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Need a graphics cards, not for 3D Gaming but primarily for desktop publishing and photoshop work.

Needs to be PCi express

needs to have a least dual DVI out

Its for a Dell optiplex 745, dual core Pentium 3.4Ghz with 4 GB Ram.

Not having much luck with search as market seems to be focused on 3D Gaming cards.

help pls
AndyKent
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Doesn't really need to be that fast does it? Photoshops sucks up RAM quickly, but I wouldn't have thought a top of the range graphics card would be much use TBH.

I'd just go for something middle of the road
John
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19th Nov 07 at 18:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yip graphics card won't make much of a difference, processing is done by the cpu and as said, lots of ram, which you already have is what you need.
SetH
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19th Nov 07 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I didnt say i need uber high power!

surely a dedicated 2D card will be better then the onboard intel shite.

plus dont forget i need dual DVI out.
AndyKent
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Anything is better than onboard, just no need to spend much on it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-128-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=912

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SetH
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2nd problem, i think the PSU in this dell is pretty low ouput.

I cant have a power hungry geforce drawing power of it, im pretty sure the machine will fall over.

Optiplex 745 if anyone can find the specs.
AndyKent
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Upgrade the PSU then, thats not really very expensive either.
Deadude
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ermmmm geforce quatro ( i think) 570, arnt they entry level gfx editing cards
SetH
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ahh quatro series, rings a bell m8.

aPk, will upgrade psu if i have to, but just looking for a budget solution.
John
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Dell psu's are normally proprietary sizes and expensive.

Depends on chassis type and psu it shipped with seth.
John
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quadro and they are for cad etc but I wouldn't class that the same as photoshop.

Will do thejob for what you are describing although so will a normal entry level ati or nvidia with dual dvi's.
SetH
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http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadronvs.html

one of these? power consumption only 21w
SetH
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or quadro fx?
SetH
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someoen with 1337 hax0r g33k skillz find me an entry level nvida car with dual DVI and low power consumption please!
PaulW
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Does it 'HAVE' to be Nvidia??

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(16554)Sapphire-Radeon-X1650PRO-512MB-DDR2-PCIE.aspx
radicalry00
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19th Nov 07 at 21:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't dismiss ATi cards, they have some excellent entry level and mid-range cards. Like the one PaulW posted for example.

 
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