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Lucky owner of a cheap Pyrod 37" Tv that does 1:1 pixel mapping on 1920x1080 on DVI only....
I've been looking for a fairly cheap SILENT video card with DVI out...
Tried a Quaddro NVS285 (PCI express x1)... too much stuttering on HD
Just tried out a $29 7300LE 128mb, TC card... also stuttering on HD and Sd...
I've gone back to the onbard Intel GMA 950 that works perfectly.. except for the black borders on 1280x768 on VGA, 1920x1080 VGA is fine speed wise.. except I cannot get tthe picture centred and it appears overscan...
Are all the add on cards as bad as this...? I can't believe how good the output is for the GMA950 except for the lack of DVI....
Will spending more cash on a 8xxx series Nvidia card. solve the problem..
or will going ATI help either....
I;ve also got a X1600XT in a another machine... Is this going to be a better choice?
I've already got a (ie wasted time and money on)
Quadro NV285, 2x7300LE, Asus 6600GT silent (too big for case)
Reasonably priced (around $125 - $140 AUS if you look about)
So far its worked a dream (courtesy of advice from this forum). Vista drivers have worked fine too. Only issues I will mention are:
In one circumstance the TV I was using was 1366x768, the card would only do 1360, and the other pixels were green (ie 3 each side), but this may have been the TV, didnt experiment much further though.
The card does get hot if there is no ambient airflow around it. Mine is in an Antec NSK2400 and would hit 70 degrees cause it was stuck in the corner with no airflow. Any airflow dramatically helps, but duh, this applies to any passive cooling.
Reasonably priced (around $125 - $140 AUS if you look about)
So far its worked a dream (courtesy of advice from this forum). Vista drivers have worked fine too. Only issues I will mention are:
In one circumstance the TV I was using was 1366x768, the card would only do 1360, and the other pixels were green (ie 3 each side), but this may have been the TV, didnt experiment much further though.
The card does get hot if there is no ambient airflow around it. Mine is in an Antec NSK2400 and would hit 70 degrees cause it was stuck in the corner with no airflow. Any airflow dramatically helps, but duh, this applies to any passive cooling.
So in a nutshell: Great card, love it.
hmmm, that looks quite interesting.. single slot more than anything else is good for busy systems, but why only 1360 - sorry, but how dumb is that..
I'm using Asus 8600GT silent - it's worked find so far, straight out of the box, one I'm using has 256meg - it uses 2 slots though .. I'd probably try something else next time..
hmmm, that looks quite interesting.. single slot more than anything else is good for busy systems, but why only 1360 - sorry, but how dumb is that..
It's a technical limitation, video cards work in multipliers of 8. 1366 isn't a multiplier of 8, so you get 3 lines of pixels missing on the edges. Unnoticeable in my eyes.
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Originally Posted by peedon
I'm using Asus 8600GT silent - it's worked find so far, straight out of the box, one I'm using has 256meg - it uses 2 slots though .. I'd probably try something else next time..
I use an 8600GT as well but the gigabyte silent pipe version. It only uses the one slot, but is a little higher than most (the heat pipe is around 10-15mm higher than the full height card). 256mb DDR3 is more than enough, and it keeps my CPU at around 7-12% when playing back blu-ray discs.
It's a technical limitation, video cards work in multipliers of 8. 1366 isn't a multiplier of 8, so you get 3 lines of pixels missing on the edges. Unnoticeable in my eyes.
1360 / 8 leaves a remainder - - how dumb am I !!! (sorry didn't know about his, reverse out all comments about GPU card made previously)
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Originally Posted by dgaust
I use an 8600GT as well but the gigabyte silent pipe version. It only uses the one slot, but is a little higher than most (the heat pipe is around 10-15mm higher than the full height card). 256mb DDR3 is more than enough, and it keeps my CPU at around 7-12% when playing back blu-ray discs.
1360 / 8 leaves a remainder - - how dumb am I !!! (sorry didn't know about his, reverse out all comments about GPU card made previously)
Lol, probably not that dumb, 8 divides evenly into 1360 170 times =)
Restore all comments then?
Edit:
Also looked at the 8600gt but it wont fit into the NSK2400 (very little clearance outside a full card width)
Another Edit:
Would not have noticed the 6 missing pixels myself had they not been full green, although i suspect this could be the TV, didnt play with powerstrip
- how dumb am I !!! (sorry didn't know about his, reverse out all comments about GPU card made previously)
