WA-safe Graphics card?

[raffie]

I'm in need of a new graphics card as I fried the one I was using, now I'm a bit worried since I heard some new cards could cause problems with WA? I mean, there are certain demands (which arent at all high) like, twin digital outputs, has to be silent, and, last but not least be able to play WA without problems! Are there certain things I should look out for or be wary of?

This is the one I'm looking to buy btw: http://www.bytesatwork.be/hardware/grafische-kaarten/sapphire-hd5670-ultimate.html
Its has an AMD chipset, other specs are at the link

[CyberShadow]

New ATI cards are known to have problems with W:A.

[raffie]

Oh, I guess that one is out then, will search for a fanless Nvidia card. Thanks

[bonz]

This is the one I'm looking to buy btw: http://www.bytesatwork.be/hardware/grafische-kaarten/sapphire-hd5670-ultimate.html
That's exactly the one I have, and I had no problem playing WA with it whatsoever.
When I get home I can tell you which driver I'm using at the moment, but I definitely have updated a few times so far.
Running Windows 7 64-bit btw.

Tip:
When I installed mine, I figured that on certain motherboard layouts you could get a problem with the large heatpipes and heatsink on the top, especially if you have large heatpipes/sinks on your mobo's northbridge or southbridge.
twin digital outputs
FYI, that one only has 1x DVI and 1xHDMI.

[raffie]

You're serious, well thats a nice coincidence, and yes, I'm also running Windows 7 64-bit. The fact that the heatsink is on the top is actually an advantage for me, most heatsinks get quite bulky, blocking the next PCI-slot, whereas this one gets bulky where it doesn't matter at least in my PC setup.

Just one thing then... it has one DVI and one HDMI so I figured it's possible to have a dual monitor setup? One with the DVI, the other on the HDMI (monitor res is 1920x1080). Or am I getting it wrong and both can only output an identical image?

[Pac-Man]

New ATI cards are known to have problems with W:A.

Because of the large texture bug of 3.6.30 or what?

[CyberShadow]

Because of the large texture bug of 3.6.30 or what?Because of many threads like this one (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45006).

[Pac-Man]

Then I also don't recommend nVidia chipsets (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=45050) :D

[bonz]

it has one DVI and one HDMI so I figured it's possible to have a dual monitor setup? One with the DVI, the other on the HDMI (monitor res is 1920x1080).
That should be possible.
I just assumed you were asking specifically for 2x DVI, which is still more common in computer monitors than HDMI.

BTW, the card has 1x DisplayPort as a 3rd digital output too.

[franpa]

DVI and HDMI are pretty much the same with HDMI also supplying audio. You can get DVI adapters for HDMI ports.