wingspar Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 I just upgraded my 19" CRT to my first LCD monitor. A LaCie 324. I use it for Photoshop, and photography. No games at all. I thought I was certain that my video card supported the native resolution of this monitor of 1920 x 1200, but it does not, so for now, I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) How's this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814141081 There are plenty more options, lots of 4670's have HDMI, DVI, and analog. Edited April 28, 2009 by Crazy_Nate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingspar Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) That looks nice, and seems to have some good reviews, but I Edited April 28, 2009 by wingspar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 that link had a 4850 on there so I'd say get that and just make sure it comes with a hdmi-dvi dongle. OR you could buy an hdmi-dvi cable from HERE, that's what I did even though I had the dongle that came with my computer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 However, I don Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingspar Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 I'm not afraid of BIOSTAR products and you shouldn't be either. On the NewEgg search function you can whittle down your results. Just go to the computer hardware menu, select "video cards and video devices" then choose "desktop graphics/video cards". Expand the "Advanced Search" menu on the top left of the web page. Scroll down and set your DVI and HDMI options from "any" to (1). Perform search. Or . . . . If I were a really nice forum member I'd just do all of the work for you and give you a link. Lucky you http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....mp;Order=RATING Wow! Thank you for that link. Lots to look at. I bookmarked 2 Biostars. 3 Asus and 1 Gigabyte card to look closer at later. No evga cards in that group at all. Out of those 6 cards I bookmarked, 3 were ATI, and 3 were NVIDIA. I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maj0rgamer Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) ati cards have been very good lately. an ati card installation should be technically no different than an nvidia one... simply uninstall all video drivers for current card and reboot, turn off pc and take out the old card, put new card in and let windows install whatever driver it finds, and then go to ati or nvidia website (whichever card you choose) and download the latest driver for the new card and your operating system, install it and then reboot again... that's pretty much it, for whichever card you use. if you choose to run sli or crossfire it may come down to what chipset is used on older motherboards, but as far as running one card it's the same installation process... pretty much it comes down to what card brand you may prefer at the moment. Edited April 28, 2009 by Maj0r Gamer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 this is the greatest help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingspar Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 ati cards have been very good lately. an ati card installation should be technically no different than an nvidia one... Thanks for that info. I Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogel Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Hey Wingspar <-- Fellow DIYer Right now Nvidia is on top for gaming. I always hear ATI is better for color correction displayed but I can neither confirm nor deny that. Though as big into photography as you are, I'm guessing if that were really an issue you would have seen that on the photography websites you go to. I haven't seen that on the sites I been to - I think it is just fanboyism. The only consistent thing I have found on photography websites I have very briefly visited said is any card you can buy these days should fit the bill. If you are on a 32-bit O/S the popular trend seems to be going with a video card lower in video card memory (like 256MB/512MB) so that if you have 4GB of onboard RAM you have more RAM for all your memory intensive photo editing applications. Now this is the opposite for us gamers as most games can take good advantage of the video card memory. Since you are only running 2GB of onboard ram you can select whatever video card you want as the best card only goes up to 2GB. Every new card out there should support a resolution of 2048 x 1536 or more - including your 7300GS. So not really sure why it didn't work for you. I don't see an integrated HDMI jack for it though, so maybe that's why? I don't know. Use that search link Wevspot linked you though because it does look like there are a few cards still for sale that do not meet your HDMI/DVI needs. Since you don't game at all, I'd just pick the card that sticks out to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) The best advice I can give you is pick a video card based on your budget, your needs and as many reviews as you can find. I don't owe squat to the red team or the green team. You are really seeking a card for a different use than 99% of the folks that visit OCCF so your considerations are going to be very different. Of course you need specific interfaces so that narrows the search down a bit. Once you find a couple that you like post them up here at the forums and ask for input on your choices. I'm sure you'll get plenty of feedback Going back to the HDMI = recommended interface for photography applications....... Did you read somewhere that HDMI interface was a better choice that DVI for things like photoshop etc.? Edited April 30, 2009 by wevsspot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The best advice I can give you is pick a video card based on your budget, your needs and as many reviews as you can find. I don't owe squat to the red team or the green team. You are really seeking a card for a different use than 99% of the folks that visit OCCF so your considerations are going to be very different. Of course you need specific interfaces so that narrows the search down a bit. Once you find a couple that you like post them up here at the forums and ask for input on your choices. I'm sure you'll get plenty of feedback Going back to the HDMI = recommended interface for photography applications....... Did you read somewhere that HDMI interface was a better choice that DVI for things like photoshop etc.? isn't HDMI the new DVI, and we'll probably switch to that eventually like we did from VGA? (since that display port thing doesn't seem to have caught on beyond apple) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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