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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Graphic cards => Topic started by: xtab on January 07, 2011, 07:01:47 pm
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Hi all,
I'm looking for recommendations for a Gigabyte graphics card for my rebuilt system.
Ive put a Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard in my machine. The MSI graphics card is playing me up, so I'm looking to replace it. Thought I might have better luck if I stick with Gigabyte for the graphics adapter too (Their boards have always done me well).
I'm not a gamer and I rarely use major graphics apps like Photoshop. I do a lot of development/programming and maybe have several memory hungry (but not graphics hungry ) apps on the go at the same time.
The one thing I really must have though is dual interface. My Samsung monitors both have D-Sub and DVI-D sockets, so a card that either has 2 x DVI-D (preferably) or a DVI and a D Sub VGA will work.
Any recommendations? Don't really want to spend > £100 as I think I'd be buying speed I won't use, but I can be talked up if there's good reason for buying a better spec. :)
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Hi and welocme to the Gigabyte Forum.
Probably one of the 5770 GPUs would be a happy medium for you. They should come in at under £100 and still offer a decently specced card.
Obviously you could go cheaper but it depends on what you want.
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Thanks for the fast reply. Appreciate your help.
I've checked the spec on both my Samsung monitors and they both have DVI-D (plus VGA d Sub). I think the 5770s all seem to have DVI-I - will I be able to connect my DVI-D cable to a DVI-I output on the card, or do they have a physically different pin layout?
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Hi,
you might find this item worth reading as it answers your question: http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-dvi-i-and-dvi-d/
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That's spot on - thanks!