New Graphics/Monitor

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  1. Fergal1982

    Fergal1982 Petabyte Poster

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    Since the missus' computer just borked whilst I was attempting to upgrade the HDD, I've decided to buy her a machine from Dell Outlet.

    As part of that, I intend to give her my GFX card (Geforce 8800GTS) and monitor, and give myself an upgrade whilst I'm at it.

    I was considering this. What do you guys think? I'd prefer to stay with NVidia, and not spend more than a couple of hundred ideally.

    I'm also on the lookout for a good monitor.
     
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    For a Monitor, I was tempted to go for this
     
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  3. NightWalker

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    Not being much of a gamer I don't really know what the best graphics cards are currently,
    I can however highly recommend Samsung monitors 8)
     
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    Like This?
     
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  5. Kitkatninja
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    If you look around there's a nVidia 260 card that's pre-overclocked at about £100 cheaper and performs almost as well as the 280 (I say almost as well as in the very high resolutions it doesn't perform as well as the 280).

    -Ken
     
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    Do you mean this?
     
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  7. NightWalker

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    Yep, like that :)
     
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