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I downloaded AMD System Monitor and as I suspected the GPU usage is very high when playing 1080p movies upscaled to 1440p. I am thinking of ordering the Radeon HD 6450, but before I do, can someone please confirm if this will be able to upscale 1080p movies to 1440p without any problems...

Thank you all for your input. I recently upgraded my monitor to a Dell U2711. I was using a old 26" 1280x768 monitor before which my ATI Radeon HD 3650 was able to handle fine. The problem I have now is when I play my movies (1080P) in fullscreen with Hardware Acceleration (DXVA) the video...

Thank you for your input. So the question now is which card do I get? Something within the price range of £30/$50

Thanks for your response. I don't think the older generation ATi 3x00 family support hardware acceleration for Sony Las Vegas or Photoshop.

Hi, I am looking to buy a cheap graphics card to power my 27" 2560x1440 monitor. I will not be playing any games but will be watching H.264 1080P movies as well as using Sony Las Vegas 11 for video editing. I heard Nvidia cards are good for watching movies and also accelerating video...

Thanks for all the replies. My budget is about £550 (about $865) I really don't want to pay for technology that I will never use such as 3D. My main reason for wanting a 26"/27" monitor is because I have been used to using a 26" for the past 7 years and everything else just looks too small...

Hi all, Currently I have a Acer AL2671W 26" LCD Monitor that I purchased in early 2005. Until recently it has served me well and I was very happy with the quality of the image it produced for both movies (720p) and general usage. It has now become faulty and needs to be replaced. The...

Update: Ordered the "Asus HD3650 256MB DDR3" Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread.

kllrnohj, you refer to the HD3850, which is out of my budget. Was it a typo error?

I am under the assumption that the Vista's Aero interface requires a solid GPU. Thanks for all the input, I will shop around to see if I can grab a HD3650 in a deal or else I will go for the HD3450. Again thanks for all the input.

Any users here, who use the HD3450 on Vista? I would really like to hear about its performance under Vista. Thanks.

Hi, looking to order a new GPU for Vista Aero. Currently have a nVidia 6600GT, which is running Vista Aero fine. A new PC needs a GPU and I am not sure what to get. Currently have a low budget of £50.00. Absolutely no games will be played on the new PC. Vista running on the 6600GT gives...

I recently upgraded to an E8400, Abit IP35 Pro with 2x1GB Corsair. I am very happy with my new setup. My last upgrade was 3 years ago to a AMD64 3500+ 2.21GHz. Unfortunately it was not powerful enough to decode 1080P mkv movies. The Abit IP35 Pro is a very well recommended board that has many...

Thanks for all the inputs. I will go for the ATI HD3650, it should be similar to the 2600XT. There is a chart on Tomshardware were they list all graphics card in order to show how they compare. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html The 2400XT was slower than the 6600GT, but...

One more thing, before you decide to purchase the DS3R, have a good read here: http://forums.tweaktown.com/showthread.php?t=25051