Spec me a...silent gfx card

Pickers · 10-07-2008, 18:05

Our downstairs PC freezes often when viewing videos (belive me I've tried it all, reseating th CPU, memtest, HDD swap, Fresh install, adjusting voltages - nothing works). Its currently on onboard gfx and I think it needs to have a dedicated gfx card, preferably a passivly cooled one (as its in the lounge), but nothing too ancient as it will be matched with an AMD x2 4400 and 2 gig ram. Its in an antec fusion HTPC case so room may not be abundant, but is certainly not as sparse as in micro boxes.

Clare uses the computer mainly for her designs but after installing spore creature creator I realised just how much of a bottle neck the onboard gfx is. And as a bonus.. maybe getting dedicated gfx will stop/limit the freezing!

Alas I have no idea what card to get, where from or anything.

Anyone offer advice?
thnx and luf.

10-07-2008, 18:05	#1
Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	Spec me a...silent gfx card Our downstairs PC freezes often when viewing videos (belive me I've tried it all, reseating th CPU, memtest, HDD swap, Fresh install, adjusting voltages - nothing works). Its currently on onboard gfx and I think it needs to have a dedicated gfx card, preferably a passivly cooled one (as its in the lounge), but nothing too ancient as it will be matched with an AMD x2 4400 and 2 gig ram. Its in an antec fusion HTPC case so room may not be abundant, but is certainly not as sparse as in micro boxes. Clare uses the computer mainly for her designs but after installing spore creature creator I realised just how much of a bottle neck the onboard gfx is. And as a bonus.. maybe getting dedicated gfx will stop/limit the freezing! Alas I have no idea what card to get, where from or anything. Anyone offer advice? thnx and luf. __________________ Pictures