My old reliable Viewsonic CRT is dying, and I need to get a new monitor posthaste. I'm eyeing the Dell 2407WFP, which requires a video card that supports WUXGA rez (1920 x 1200). My current card is a 2-year old ATI Radeon X600 in an All-in-Wonder card, 256 MB, and only goes up to 1600 x 1200.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that I'll get another ATI-manufactured card. (Nothing against NVidia--just easier for me to compare specs right now from just one maker.) I've been looking on Newegg, and figure I'd better go a bit higher than the minimum specs required for this monitor, just to be safe. BTW, I have a PC Power & Cooling 510 PSU w/a seperate line for the graphics card, so I'm covered there, as long as the wattage requirements aren't too hihg.
Anyway, I don't game, so I don't need the latest and greatest (and most expensive) card. I do do some video editing, tho just for fun. I would like to go to 512 MB RAM (owners of this monitor on Dell site say it requires at least 256 MB), and figure it might be a good idea to pick a card w/a max resolution a bit higher than that required of the monitor, just to give me some wiggle room. Oh, and I'll be using PCIe x 16.
That said, I was looking at this card: ATI 100-437808 Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 for $187.99. ATI card
I'm planning on building a new system sometime before the end of the year, so I don't want to put a ton of $$ into the graphics on my current 2-year old build. I just need something to run the new monitor properly, and get me thru to the next build. Will this card do the trick? Thanks.
Let's assume for the sake of argument that I'll get another ATI-manufactured card. (Nothing against NVidia--just easier for me to compare specs right now from just one maker.) I've been looking on Newegg, and figure I'd better go a bit higher than the minimum specs required for this monitor, just to be safe. BTW, I have a PC Power & Cooling 510 PSU w/a seperate line for the graphics card, so I'm covered there, as long as the wattage requirements aren't too hihg.
Anyway, I don't game, so I don't need the latest and greatest (and most expensive) card. I do do some video editing, tho just for fun. I would like to go to 512 MB RAM (owners of this monitor on Dell site say it requires at least 256 MB), and figure it might be a good idea to pick a card w/a max resolution a bit higher than that required of the monitor, just to give me some wiggle room. Oh, and I'll be using PCIe x 16.
That said, I was looking at this card: ATI 100-437808 Radeon X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 for $187.99. ATI card
I'm planning on building a new system sometime before the end of the year, so I don't want to put a ton of $$ into the graphics on my current 2-year old build. I just need something to run the new monitor properly, and get me thru to the next build. Will this card do the trick? Thanks.
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