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Graphics Card Upgrade Advice

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RX 580
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Hi all,

I'm looking to update my terribly old graphics card - Gigabyte 9500GT SLI 512MB.
I'm not expert in the world of graphics and I'm looking for some suggestions for the £100 to £175 bracket with at least 2 DVI ports and 2 HDMI ports. I'm going to be doing some light video and photo editing but nothing to strenuous.
I'm a bit lost when going through the buying guide.
Am I able to use my old graphics card in conjunction with the new one for multiple outputs or am I dreaming?

Thanks in advance,

Ainsley.
 
2x DVI + 2x HDMI is not any modern card today. You can have a look at the AMD Radeon R9 280x and 270x cards though

todays low spec cards have 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x DP

if you need 4 outputs the lowest spec cards you can buy are AMD RX 570 or NVIDIA 1060 3GB but these have both 1x DVI + 2x HDMI + 2x DP both cards are over 200 EUR
you could use adapters for the DP to HDMI or HDMI to DVI
 
Thank you for your reply theruck.

I need only 3 outputs but at least 2 of them to be HDMI.
I have two monitors with DVI input and 1 with HDMI, I will be upgrading to two HDMI monitors.

Do all cards work out of the box in the buying guide? And are nativley supported?

Thanks again for your help.
 
Any help? Looking to get the most compatible card for High Sierra.
 
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