thanks again to everyone for the help! i think i'm gonna go with one of the 4550's, probably the sapphire.

Makes sense. Newegg also sells the MSI R4550-MD1GH which looks fairly similar -- it's a 1GB vs the 512MB sapphire. I'm guessing I won't see much difference in performance between the two right? Thanks for the info! There seem to be a fair number of complaints on the newegg page about excessive heat ...

Thanks for the info! There seem to be a fair number of complaints on the newegg page about excessive heat from this card -- has this been your experience? G210 can be compared to old GF8000 series in performance (GF8600 is closest to it I suppose) and compared to HD4000 series it's performance is so...

Cool, thanks for the data point. Sounds like I can probably go with one of the less expensive cards and still get what I need out of it. I would assume so, on my HD4550 (which admittely is some 30% faster than the 4350 on 3d gaming) I just completed Bioshock 2 at 1360x768, all settings maxed out, an...

Thanks for the replies folks -- question: Compared to my existing card, do these suggested cards perform at least at the same level? I've read that some cards, esp ones with the Radeon HD4350, are underpowered, and I'm wondering if that just means underpowered compared to what else is available toda...

I have an older desktop that I'd like to hook up to my HDTV via HDMI for movies and such. My current video card is a Gigabyte GV-NX66T128VP GeForce 6600 GT PCI-E Passive. Requirements: - fanless, or very nearly silent - able to handle HD content - HDMI out - compatible with my old Asus P5W DH Deluxe...

Why not build your own? The problem with a Dell is that a lot of the parts are proprietary and offer very little potential for modding. i've built my own before, but i just don't have the time (or the inclination, to be honest) to do that again. i can get too detail focused and end up spending days...

i've been struggling with this choice myself. i have a dimension 9200 on order that would be used for semi-pro audio recording, and i decided on it because my mom's dimension 5150 (which uses the same case) is surprisingly quiet (i don't have any tools to take measurements so it's just a subjective ...