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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On 18 December 2010 14:43, <<a href="mailto:criggie@criggie.dyndns.org">criggie@criggie.dyndns.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On 18/12/10 14:01, Rama Madhusudhan wrote:<br>> I am after a video card for my new full HD plasma TV which has HDMI and<br>> VGA input. What are the options for these two inputs? Does VGA do full HD?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>The consensus seems to be an NVidia PCIe card with HDMI output.<br><br>You might prefer a silent one with no fan but with a big heatsink.<br><br>Which chipset? No idea.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>I have two GT220s and they're very good and relatively inexpensive at around $130 a piece. <br><span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>One is a Gigabyte GV-N220OC-1Gi (<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125295">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125295</a> ) which is pretty quiet considering it has a fan, though it takes 2 slots. <br><span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>The other is an Asus ENGT220 <a href="http://ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=389264">http://ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=389264</a> which is quite a bit noisier but still in use in my lounge due to the placement of the HDMI <span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>port on the Gigabyte at the top of the card meaning I can't actually use the HDMI on the Gigabyte in that particular case.<br><span style='color:#1F497D'>></span>Not the only options, but they seem to cope well with everything I've thrown at them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here is the fanless version of the Asus GT220 <a href="http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=12513">http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=12513</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>$145inc including shipping.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’d spend the extra $20 over the one with the fan, plus no noise, and having fan to fail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>But only if you’ve got the slot next free, for a double width card.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Geoff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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