Which New $400 Graphics Card?

Hello Everyone,

I'm about to upgrade my setup from OCUK and was wondering if I could get
some advice here.

I'm already running a 19" widescreen monitor but want to get one of these
Dell 24" monitors as well:


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-020-DE

My video card at the moment is a £50 piece of crap so I need to upgrade that as well.

I'm looking to spend £120 - £200 on a card depending on if an expensive (near £200)
card is required for running the two aforementioned monitors.

I see in the news they have new stock in of 8800GT cards, which sound a good idea
i'm just stuck on choosing the manufacturer.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/news.php

My setup is a:

Core2Duo processor
Asus Motherboard (P5LD2)
2Gb of ram

Thanks,
Alex

P.S: Also in my current setup I don't have any cooling, there's just the CPU
fan going - What do I need? Should it be a whole case cooler, or just a graphics
cooler?

you should try to get some case fans to help get cool air into your case, could help

an 880GT sounds like the right choice for you

Hey,

Cheers mate.

I have a fairly cheapo case where do the fans fit on?

Also which of the 8800's on that page would you go for?

Thanks,
Alex

Would one of these do? Or do I need two?

And I have no places on the case sides for a fan to be attached, do they go elsewhere

What case do you have?

Thanks for the reply dragon,

Just checked in case, (no brand I believe) and there are two spaces for fans, I got a ruler and measured 120mm from screw hole to screw hold diagonally.

Does this mean I can get 120mm fans? And if so do I require a bracket too?

If so, if one of you guys could pick one from here, and the relevent bracket that'd be excellent:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=57&subid=4

Thanks

Hey All,

I think I'm going to go for:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-020-DE
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-053-BG
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-033-AK

Can you quickly let me know all is fine and I'm making a smart move

Alex


P.S: One other thing actually, I need a DVI cable as I already have a VGA for the second monitor. Though where are the DVI cables and which would people recommend:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=703&catid=888

Also the video card says:

- Dual dual-link DVI supports two 2560 x 1600 resolution displays

So can buy two of the following and it will work:

Amazon.co.uk: Belkin DVI-Digital to DVI-Digital, Single Link Cable: Electronics & Photo: Belkin

Or I found another cable which is a Belkin "Dual Link" cable, do I need that? And if so do I need one or two?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-F2E4...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1196118769&sr=8-3

any dvi cable will work, your dell LCD should come with a DVi cable already