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Anyone have any experience with these yet?
I see two options. I need to power at Least 3x Dell 22" Monitors at max resolution.
VisionTek Radeon X1650XT QUAD - graphics adapter - 2 GPUs - Radeon X1650 XT
Mfg. Part: 900130
$409 on tigerdirect.com
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FireMV 2400 is the other option
Looks like it takes about $400 to play.
Cant you just get two separate graphics card or is there a reason it needs to be on one board.???
Any SLI/Crossfire motherboard and 2 graphics cards running in non-sli/crossfire mode, will work fine. Get the same cards to help with compatability.
I've got a X1950XT and a HD2400Pro running on an nvidia based SLI board with no problems. The money you'll save on not getting a specialist graphics card will be more than the cost of a cheap mobo with 2 PEG slots.
What are you looking to do with the 3 dell monitors.Quote:
Originally Posted by brianz999
Hi jimbouk do you notice any slow down in drawing across the 4 screens.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbouk
It's only 2 screens, but 2D stuff is fine. I can zoom windows between the screens with no noticable slowdown.
The 2400 didn't like running Counter-Strike:Source and max settings when I had it in windowed mode and moved it across accidentally, but unless you're gaming then something like that would be fine.
If your just needing 2D outputs, there are some PCI-E 1x ATI x300's available that'll do the job.
Do they have 2x DVI outputs also what sort of speed do you get across pcie 1x.Quote:
Originally Posted by javalord
PCI-E x1 cards were a good idea but the price was just stupid for what you got. Be hard to find a supplier for them these days. For 2D the bandwidth will be fine, but you're as well sticking with a mainstream solution for cost as much as anything.
Theres tonnes of low to mid range fire gl and quadro cards going cheap on ebay, most of which will run dual dvi, and if you have a motherboard with 2 pci-e slots then you should easily be able to run up to 4 monitors.