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| Thread ID: 108861 | 2010-04-14 10:18:00 | GeForce 8500GT vs Radeon HD5450 | Geek4414 (12000) | Press F1 |
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| 876525 | 2010-04-14 10:18:00 | Hi Everyone, I have been using a Gigabyte GeForce 8500GT with my 22" (1680 x 1050) monitor and it has served me well. I've just bought 2x 23" Full HD LG monitors (with DVI/D-Sub/HDMI) and thought that it will be better if I use a video card with HDMI output. So I purchased a Sapphire Radeon HD5450 because it has DVI + D-Sub + HDMI connectors. I was hoping that the HDMI + DVI is a better combo than the DVI + D-Sub (on the GeForce 8500GT) for my dual screen setup. However, the LG 23" Full HD monitor doesn't seem to like the HDMI connection, the picture does not use the full panel, it has a 2cm strip of blank area around the 4 edges of the panel, I've tweaked all the settings in the Catalyst control panel and all the settings on the monitor's menu system to no avail. The blank strip does change in size with different settings (ie refresh rate etc) but it just won't fill the full panel. The DVI and D-Sub connections work perfectly though. The dual screens are now connected with DVI + D-Sub and appear to work well, although I think the DVI screen is a little brighter than the D-sub connected screen. I have noticed though ... if I move icons on the desktop, there is a flash on the old location of the icon when I dropped the icon onto its new location. If I have selected a whole bunch of icons, the 'flash' is very annoying, I am wondering if it's actually lagging. Dragging windows around also seems to have a lag effect too. Don't remember seeing that with the GeForce card (with 1680 x1050 monitor), but I've only had the dual screen setup (1920x1080) for a day before swapping in the Radeon, so not sure if the GeForce would have done the same @1920x1080. I am aware that the Radeon HD5450 is a low end HD card, it has been rated highly for HTPC, but not so good for gaming. I don't play any games, but do watch a lot of video, so I thought it would do the job nicely without costing too much. Video play back seems to be perfectly fine, even with full HD contents, so it does what I need in that respect. My question to the experts out there is ... would I be better off sticking with the older GeForce 8500GT or with the newer Radeon HD5450? |
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| 876526 | 2010-04-14 11:00:00 | Try the old card & see if it is up to the task. The AMD card should be more powerful. | Greven (91) | ||
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