Budget Gaming/Office PC

[Mairin]

The PCI-e is better but both should offer similar performance.

Okay thanks

£30 for 1 DVI cable? it is like £3 online. You could downgrade to 4gb RAM .

hehe not quite. I need 2 it looks like (£9 for both on PCS) and the wireless card is £16 so £25 total then

Fingers crossed nothing else changes...:shaun:

 

[Mairin]

Just to be on the safe side, can anyone comfirm that the 270x sold by PCS has 2 DVI ports? It looks like it from the pictures I've seen online (1 I and 1 D) but then the specs on some sites seem to disagree. I currently have 3 monitors available and would like to use 2 of them at once. My widescreen sadly is analog/VGA only so with this card that's out but the other 2 have DVI or VGA. Ideally I'd like to upgrade to a proper main monitor in the future but I need to know if what I have will work for now.

edit. Thinking about it, I do also have a DVI-I to VGA adapter (somewhere), would that support my widescreen through the DVI-I port on the 270x?

 

[keynes]

The website indicates HDMI DVI and DP.

 

[Mairin]

The website indicates HDMI DVI and DP.

Yep I saw that part, it was more the type and quantity of DVI that's the issue.

For example looking at images like:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/graphics-cards/1303729/amd-radeon-r9-270 (image 2/7)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/2 (3rd image down)

Am I crazy are does it look like a DVI-I and a DVI-D?

 

[vanthus]

Yep I saw that part, it was more the type and quantity of DVI that's the issue.

For example looking at images like:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/graphics-cards/1303729/amd-radeon-r9-270 (image 2/7)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/2 (3rd image down)


Am I crazy are does it look like a DVI-I and a DVI-D?

Yes one is a DVI-I and the other a DVI-D port,my R9-280X has the same.

 

[Mairin]

Yes one is a DVI-I and the other a DVI-D port,my R9-280X has the same.

Okay great. So in theory with the adaptor would my VGA monitor work in the DVI-I port since it can handle the analog?

 

[vanthus]

Okay great. So in theory with the adaptor would my VGA monitor work in the DVI-I port since it can handle the analog?

Yes.

 

[Mairin]

Yes.

Good to know, thanks

Now I need to find a little money to put aside for a new DVI/HDMI widescreen at some point...