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4nth0nyw
8th October, 2009, 11:49 PM
Hi,
I'm a noob to this forum. My question is,
there's 2 Sapphire HD 4770's the dual DVI, and the HDMI. Which ones better?
I'm under the impression that the dual DVI version is better- as it's slightly more versatile with the tv out too.- the dual DVI one also comes with a DVI to HDMI out adaptor.
dual dvi:
SAPPHIRE- HOME (http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=251)
VGA, hdmi:
SAPPHIRE- HOME (http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?psn=000101&pid=276)
Any help/input would be useful, Thanks
Tony
manxspud
9th October, 2009, 03:16 AM
Its never a simple answer m8...
The hdmi card is going to need 2 pci slots were as the duel dvi will only need 1.
What type of system do you have / or are you building... What are you going to connect it to and use it for... These factors will have a great bearing on what card you choose.
Give us more details and i'm sure you will get more opinions.
Regards @manx.
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4nth0nyw
9th October, 2009, 11:43 AM
Hi,
Thanks for the reply manxspud. I hadn't thought about the pci slots before, as it happens slots aren't an issue to me.
I have a erm: i'd like to call it a mid range system->
Motherboard- Asus P5b- deluxe- wifi edition.
CPU - Core 2 duo E6320 2X1.86
RAM - 2GB corsair DDR2
current graphics card- Sapphire Radeon X1900GT currently overheating- (yay :( ) - note to others- don't buy second hand graphics cards.... it's not worth it!
a 1280by1024 monitor- with DVI and VGA input.
sometimes dual screen with either tv or a vga mon.
From research so far have found that dual dvi one has been replaced by the /hdmi/dvi/vga version- which has upgraded cooling.
From the website i've seen that the old version won lots of awards.- Sapphire boasting- yes lol
dwarez
9th October, 2009, 12:05 PM
Next generation! DirectX? 11. I?m waiting for this one!
http://www.amd.com/uk/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-5000/hd-5870/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5870-overview.aspx
manxspud
9th October, 2009, 04:07 PM
Had a google... It whould appear that both cards on sale will cover 2 slots... with the duel dvi been around ?30 less than the hdmi version, with that in mind i would buy the duel dvi with out thinking twice. I would also consider the Hd4730 i don't think you would really notice much diffrence between the 2 cards and this 1 would cost around ?63. saving you another ?20. See link...
Sapphire RADEON HD 4730 - Graphics adapter - Radeon HD: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
Best of luck with the shopping...
regards @manx.
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manxspud
9th October, 2009, 10:04 PM
@dwarez thats a sweet card... And am sure it will have a even sweeter price... i take it your a gamer then m8.
4nth0nyw
18th October, 2009, 03:22 AM
Hi, everyone thanks for all the replies. Just so you know I opted for the Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 dual DVI card- discontinued now- only the vga/dvi/hdmi one is sold now. Am happy with the purchase is running Batman Arkham's asylum, COD4,and assassins creed perfectly at 1280by 1024.
Used an s-video cable to connect it to an old TV worked well for watching a film on too.
Better graphics output than the old X1900gt, however that card has video input which is useful.(and turned out the cards fine- just had dust clogged up in the heat sink) lol.
johnfox1
11th July, 2010, 06:23 AM
got the first one, wish to swap for hdmi
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