The cheap temporary card I have isn't cutting the mustard. Need a PCI Express 2.0 card, able to support dual monitors, directx 11, and not be ruinously expensive.
Gaming or no gaming?
No gaming, dual monitor, but with HDMI and DVI:
XFX Radeon HD 6450, around 70$, fanless card, so totally silent.
Gaming:
Radeon HD 6870, below 200$.
Radeon HD 6950, below 250$.
Dual monitor with DVI and HDMI (one of each).
Nvidia GTX 560 ti, a little above 200$
it sure can do dual monitor, but I've no idea if it's 2 DVI.
These still apply? How is a GTX 550 ti different from 560? Basically I'm looking for something for under €200 that can run modern games (Skyrim and the like, I don't play FPS) with reasonably high settings.
Quote from: Solmyr on December 25, 2011, 03:24:08 PM
These still apply? How is a GTX 550 ti different from 560? Basically I'm looking for something for under €200 that can run modern games (Skyrim and the like, I don't play FPS) with reasonably high settings.
I've got a 550 Ti from EVGA, and I like it. It ain't perfect, but it can handle midrange DX11 effects straight out of the box on Batman: Arkham City, which is very poorly optimized. It cruises on everything else, but I don't have Skyrim.
Quote from: Solmyr on December 25, 2011, 03:24:08 PM
These still apply? How is a GTX 550 ti different from 560? Basically I'm looking for something for under €200 that can run modern games (Skyrim and the like, I don't play FPS) with reasonably high settings.
GTX 550ti is about 25% slower than 560. 560ti is maybe 10% (at most) faster than 560.
My recommendations still stand if you want to change right now. I believe both Nvidia and ATI will announce newer products around March, though.
I'm enjoying my 560ti
The new ATI 6970 in my new computer is sweet....Skyrim runs @ 1920x1080 with ultra high settings and lots of FPS :)