The cheapest video card to run Scope 5.1

[tlaskows]

On Windows 7 x64 and Sonar X3.

I have a GTX 770 from when I was playing games, but I don't need it now. It's taking too much space in my rig. It will free up an extra slot if I get a smaller card.

I found an old GF 7200GS 128MB, is this plenty or no?

I think it can support two monitors, it has VGA and DVI.

If not what's a good cheap small fanless video card to get?

Thanks!

-Tom

[garyb]

sure, that should work.

[tlaskows]

Excellent!

Thanks Gary

Gamez are for kids

-Tom

[JoPo]

What are you going to do with your game video card ? Here, it's the oposit : my son is getting old and we bought a video game which won't work in the pc in the house because, apparently, the video card is too old.

We already ordered one but we don't have it yet.

[tlaskows]

I am trying to sell it on eBay...

-Tom

[ronnie]

Hey Tom, I don't know what you're getting but this is what I've been using. It's a Low profile PCI-e card that doesn't take up more than one slot space. The fan is very quiet and helps add a bit more cooling in the case.

EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3, DVI, VGA and HDMI Graphics Card 02G-P3-2619-KR by EVGA List Price: $58.24 Amazon Price: $55.76 Free Shipping for Prime Members.

[tlaskows]

Thanks for the suggestion, Ronnie.

The one I found does not have a fan. And I just found another ATI based one in my other old computer.

I haven't even tried them out yet lol.

But if they don't work, I will consider this one. I'd rather not have a fan, I have like 5 case fans already.

-Tom

[tlaskows]

Oh boy, that EVGA card is not very fast.lol.

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.p ... rce+GT+610

I have the 770 with 4 GDDR5, it's old.

-Tom

[tlaskows]

oh no! The card I found it's 40 points in the benchmark. Super slow! lol. I'll stick to minesweeper

-Tom

[tlaskows]

Just looked at the other one, a Radeon 4850. It's a lot faster, has a small fan and dual DVI. I think that's the one I'll use. I prefer DVI than using analog VGA for 1080p.

-Tom

[vascomusic]

Just looked at the other one, a Radeon 4850. It's a lot faster, has a small fan and dual DVI. I think that's the one I'll use. I prefer DVI than using analog VGA for 1080p.

Here's my opinion: Stay away from ATI based videoboards. They will cause ASIO streaming interruptions and a lot of frustrations. Tuning and tweaking Windows and video settings didn't succeed until I swapped the ATI Radeon board with a GeForce board. Even with an older GeForce (FX-3500), everything runs smooth.

[tlaskows]

Okay, thanks!

-Tom

[tlaskows]

ATI used to be good until AMD bought them

-Tom

[ronnie]

Yup. It's for sure apples to oranges. I only use SCOPE on that PC, no games. I only install the base driver as Nvidia can have a lot of processes running with all the game stuff.

[tlaskows]

not even minesweeper

-Tom

[w_ellis]

Nvidia Quadros are the bees knees and can be bought pretty cheaply. See my post from a while back here: http://forums.planetz.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=32629

[tlaskows]

Thanks, I just bought an FX 1700 for $30 CAD with shipping. I can afford that.

-Tom

[tlaskows]

My GTX 770 4GB just sold for 275CAD. I will have a few dollars to buy plugs

-Tom

[tlaskows]

Just installed the Quadro. Windows automatically installed the driver and everything is running very smoothly

Definitely recommended for Scope users.

-Tom

[garyb]

i use an old quadro. it's great.