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Graphics card for a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22" monitor

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  • 27-06-2008 4:23pm
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    I will be ordering a new PC next week(possibly a dell inspiron) and was wondering what type of graphics card would be needed for a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW 22" monitor which i have ordered already?

    The PC will be used mainly for poker and surfing the net, not really for serious gaming.

    Any help appreciated as im pretty clueless when it comes to graphics cards.


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    DanGerMus
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    If you're not gaming you won't need to upgrade your graphics.

    Can you tell us what games you have or you might play?


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    DanGerMus wrote: »
    If you're not gaming you won't need to upgrade your graphics.

    Can you tell us what games you have or you might play?

    Thanks for the quick reply,

    Mainly gonna be used for online poker like i say, just thought I might need a good graphics card for a bigger monitor?


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    christophicus
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    Nope you are mainly going to be doing 2D stuff, so pretty much all on board graphics solutions should be easily able to handle it and well above those resolutions too.


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    DanGerMus
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    Nope expensive gfx cards are only really for accelerating 3d graphics performance such as games or 3dCAD etc. 2d, which is what your pc is normally doing only requires the most basic card/chipset which all pcs come with as a minimum. You will have no issues doing what you've described.


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    Okay thanks alot for the replies, very helpful.


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    mordeith
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    That monitor has a native reolution of 1,680 x 1,050 so you should make sure that your current graphics card can support that, otherise your display might not look the best (I'm open to correction on this)


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    TerrorFirmer
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    Any video card would support that unless he bought a 22" monitor for something really ancient.....


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