I need you help for once! Which graphics card?

Ok, so not 100% up to date on graphics cards these days, so thought I would ask the FF geek massive for advice.

Here's all the info you need.

• Under £100
• Needs to do 1920 X 1200 (New Dell 24" on the way )
• Be passive cooled or low profile Thanks to Gigabytes board setup.
• ATI Only
• Used for Emulation creation, photo editing, video editing, etc NO GAMING.
• Direct X 10

Thanks in advance.

ATI HD3850 . You can get a ATI HD 3870 in your budget if you look hard but seen as though you said no gaming there would be no point .

24" 1080P monitors FTMFW . I've had mine about a month now and I can't believe how much I was missing out on lol.

Hmmm... Ebuyer is £1.05 out of my price range.

Was looking at this 3650 tbh... (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140585/) Has good reviews and people are mentioning it going in a media set-up, and reporting size a 17cm.

Also a graphics score of 5.5 in Vista.

What do you think Christine?

Eh I got my ATI HD 3870 on ebuyer for £105....

Edit: I think that was a special offer now gone up to £125....

That one you picked would be ideal as your not gaming . And as you say form factor and cooling is an issue so that would be fine it meets your requirements and its nearly half your budget .

Sorted then.

If it doesn't fit, I'm gonna throw an old case at your ass.

Can get my new case too now. Seeing as I have an *extra* £50 to spend.

Oooh, thats another thing I wanted to ask you before I purchase, how is the noise with the Thermaltake case you got, cos I like the look of it but was wondering about noise...

Put it this way the whole system is quiter than my older watercooled PC which just has 2 fans....

It comes with two 12cm (smart case fans). Its compact yet roomy even for me with my 5 hard drives .

Right off to buy that graphics card, Thermaltake case and a Corsair 520W PSU.

and bam, £150 odd gone.

FF geek Massive= Chris


u talking to Stu on msn?

also do you have 2 different comps with same background?

You pay for what you get . And that PSU I bought that everyone slagged off owns tbfh. Got 2 DVD burners my uber spec PC and 4 harddrives and it isn't even struggling .

I bought the 500W version and it struggles with a E2140, 2GB, SATA DVD, 160 GB HDD. But I think it's dodgy tbh. Cos when my uncle put his cheap 300W in, the PC booted and no BSOD.

Nice! - it's a stunning monitor, possibly one of the best things I've bought for the office.

Yes I was talking to Stu regarding how ghey you are and your mums address .

And no its same comp 2 displays.

made me laugh which is annoying as im not angry enough to think of a witty response

Pwned!

Right im no expert on computers but why do you need a high spec card i wouldnt imagine that it would be of much use or is it a simple case of only the best will do because that is my interest and it doesnt matter if i need it or not.
Cos we all suffer from that syndrome