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  • Video card for this setup please

    From jonboyp1976@googlemail.com@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 4 05:50:46 2021
    I have purchased the following components already:

    https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gwyrj2

    And require a video card and a pair of monitors. This will be for a teenagers school work desktop machine with some entry-level gaming thrown in. Monitors probably circa 19-20 inches and will be wall-mounted.

    Any suggestions welcomed.

    Thanks
    Jon

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to jonboyp1976@googlemail.com on Wed Aug 4 13:19:52 2021
    On 4 Aug 2021 at 13:50:46 BST, "jonboyp1976@googlemail.com" <jonboyp1976@googlemail.com> wrote:

    I have purchased the following components already:

    https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gwyrj2

    And require a video card and a pair of monitors. This will be for a teenagers school work desktop machine with some entry-level gaming thrown in. Monitors probably circa 19-20 inches and will be wall-mounted.

    Any suggestions welcomed.


    Note that your motherboard has two video out and supports dual screens
    *if* you pair it with a Ryzen that has integrated graphics. This is
    probably cheaper than buying a separate graphics card at all.

    If you go separates, any card you can buy will do dual monitors and
    schoolwork. "Entry-level gaming" causes some concern though; what
    non-gamers think of as 'entry level' may actually be pretty thirsty for graphics. Minecraft, for example. Any idea what they'll be playing?

    Cheers - Jaimie

    --
    I always wanted to be someone. I should have been more specific.
    -- Lily Tomlin

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  • From GB@21:1/5 to jonbo...@googlemail.com on Thu Aug 5 16:33:26 2021
    On 04/08/2021 13:50, jonbo...@googlemail.com wrote:
    I have purchased the following components already:

    https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gwyrj2

    And require a video card and a pair of monitors. This will be for a teenagers school work desktop machine with some entry-level gaming thrown in. Monitors probably circa 19-20 inches and will be wall-mounted.

    Any suggestions welcomed.

    You've selected some quite decent bits, so why not go the whole hog on
    the graphics card?

    https://www.scan.co.uk/nvidia/products/3090/yef20un2nisz



    Thanks
    Jon


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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to jonbo...@googlemail.com on Thu Aug 5 23:10:36 2021
    jonbo...@googlemail.com <jonboyp1976@googlemail.com> wrote:
    Any suggestions welcomed.

    The best graphics card is one you can actually buy.

    Theo

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  • From Chris@21:1/5 to Theo on Fri Aug 6 06:59:38 2021
    Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
    jonbo...@googlemail.com <jonboyp1976@googlemail.com> wrote:
    Any suggestions welcomed.

    The best graphics card is one you can actually buy.

    This. And at a price you can afford.

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  • From jonboyp1976@googlemail.com@21:1/5 to jonbo...@googlemail.com on Sun Aug 15 09:22:55 2021
    On Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1:50:47 PM UTC+1, jonbo...@googlemail.com wrote:
    I have purchased the following components already:

    Cheers all, I am now sorted.

    Jon

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