Brilliant thanks for your reply! still a few unanswered questions but a great start.
Im using a 'Dell E2209W 22" Flat Panel Widescreen Monitor'
1000:1 contrast ratio and 1680x1050 resolution.
Just to add:
FINAL FANTASY XIV
That gives the minimum system requirements, when you scroll down. I imagine any graphics card i get at £150 unless totally ripped off will run it. So im not worried about that.
Why do some graphics cards look totally different, and yet have the same spec and are of the same series? o.o
This link should help explain
Amazon.co.uk: ATI Radeon™ HD 5770 Graphics
3 Cards Seem so similar yet the price varies ever so slightly... what the heck am i not noticing? and looking at the pictures of the cards would suggest they were all completely different, totally different fan positioning and style. Its got me confused ><
Where should i buy one from?
I buy stuff frequently from amazon, but just got baffled by the large amount of similar cards available. Is there anywhere else that can be recommended?
Ive now had 2 - Nvidia Geforce 8600GT, bought from dell, because my 1st one broke. They now want me to purchase a third...
It basically wasn't displaying anything on the monitor and kept makeing a series of anoying fan revs once turned on.
I switched the monitor to onboard graphics and it worked fine, so i got the dell engineer along to replace it for me forking out about £156 (rip off), and 6 months down the line the second one did exactly the same thing...
Its always fine until i turn the computer off for 1 reason or another. Or it crashes. And thats seems to be when the cards stopped working. Ive kept 1 of the broken ones, the dell engineer said he had to take away the 1st broken one due to some sort of policy :S
The card looks brand friken new, and i imagine its something so small thats stopped it from working, considering the fan on it is working but going nuts.
Sorry for the essay and for the links but i felt they were required to get my point across.
Thanks again for the reply!