Whats the best bet on a cheap PCI exp[ress card

[taylormsj]

Right,
Im thinking of putting my new computer in place of my TV and using that as a TV with a PCI tv tuner.
I currently am only running on intergrated graphics from the mothebroard and i want to invbest in a graphics card, so TV and dvd's will look in good quality.

My motherboard has a PCI - Express 16 slot and only 2 PCI slots - and i need to use both of these PCI slots so the graphics card cant be too bug and chunky, but perfroms well so i get good image qaulity whislt watching things, and doesnt slow the computer down too much

any help woiuld be great the cheaper the better

thanks

 

[xxxalpinexxx80]

how much u are lookin to spend

 

[taylormsj]

Well as little as possible £50 most would be good, prefer if it was less - which is like $85 i think

 

[xxxalpinexxx80]

if you want to have a good image quality for tv tuners and hooking it up to a tv you want a graphics card that has a high amount of pixel per second fill rate also you are going to need a new power supply i would reccomend you to get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150190

and for a cheap powersupply if you have 1 hard drive and a 24pin motherboard this will work for you http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817709010

 

[taylormsj]

if you want to have a good image quality for tv tuners and hooking it up to a tv you want a graphics card that has a high amount of pixel per second fill rate also you are going to need a new power supply i would reccomend you to get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150190

and for a cheap powersupply if you have 1 hard drive and a 24pin motherboard this will work for you http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817709010

Thats an AGPx8 plus why the need for a power supply??

 

[hermeslyre]

if you want to have a good image quality for tv tuners and hooking it up to a tv you want a graphics card that has a high amount of pixel per second fill rate also you are going to need a new power supply i would reccomend you to get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150190

and for a cheap powersupply if you have 1 hard drive and a 24pin motherboard this will work for you http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817709010

that's agp.. he needs this;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130062

best card you can get for $90

 

[taylormsj]

whats a good number of pixels to look for in a card suitable for me??

 

[xxxalpinexxx80]

crap sorry my bad, video cards take alot of power and you computer will probably shut of if you dont have the requirements. most computers come with 300watts and here is probably the best card for you without getting a power supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133175 and it has 512vram

 

[hermeslyre]

whats a good number of pixels to look for in a card suitable for me??

blah pixel fill rate.. you need to look at pipeline, ROP's, core/mem speed, bandwidth, and memory. And the card i posted is great at that price.. i would go with that if you can.

 

[xxxalpinexxx80]

yeah go with the card that hereslyre posted but dosnt he need 350 watts minimum?

 

[hermeslyre]

yeah go with the card that hereslyre posted but dosnt he need 350 watts minimum?

how do you know the wattage of his PSU? I don't see it anywhere.. and yeah min for this card is a 350.. but if he has a good PSU he can get away with 300.

 

[taylormsj]

Can you suggest any other graphics card biut a bit cheaper??

 

[taylormsj]

I have a 400 w psu

 

[hermeslyre]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130270
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127216

one of these maybe? do you need anything cheaper?