2x 2405fpw with a 9500???

[chez]

I've got 2 Dell 2405fpw 24" widescreen TFTs being delivered tomorrow.

What I need to know is, will a Radeon 9500 be able to drive these wee beasties at 1920x1200 for general windows duties and some football manager action?

Obviously, I would need one hell of a card to get decent gaming resolution on these, but i don't play many 3d games at the moment...

Also, what is the cheapest card that has dual DVI outputs??

Thanks
Chez

[Voodle]

It should be capable of handling those monitors although only at a frequency of 60hz
Since it should have dual RAMDACs that are apparently each capable of 2048x1536 resolution.
http://www.ati.com/products/radeon95...pro/specs.html

[chez]

ummm.....isn't frrequency irrelevant on TFTs???

Good news though...thanks

[chez]

Just looked at the link that's the specs for the pro...mine is a non-pro....

[Voodle]

yeah but I think the non-pro is effectively a 9700 with some pipes disabled so it should work the same as a 9700, same goes for the 9500 pro really also the smiley face was for the fact that frequency is pretty irrelevant

[arthurleung]

I would say one of the monitor will be crystal clear (on DVI) and one is not (VGA signal degrades as resolution increases).

[chez]

the smiley face was for the fact that frequency is pretty irrelevant

Thought so, but wasn't certain

[craigp]

You are getting *TWO* (GEORGEOUS) 24 inch Dell beasties and you are attempting to run them from a 9500 Radeon ... NON PRO!???????? Why not just buy a better card as you appear to have the funds?

You may find that the 9500 doesn't support the 1920 resolution via the DVI incidentally. I friend of mine can't run his 20 inch widescreen Dell via the DVI on a 256Mb 9800 Pro.

Good luck whatever.

Craig

[chez]

Well, I've got one up and running at full resolution, via DVI.

The only reason I haven;t plugged the second in is that I'm not sure I need it!

This thing is HUGE...and incredibly good, but mainly just HUGE!

[iMc]

lucky bugger. i envy you!

[OV3RCL0C3R]

since you are only using one of hem, send me the other one

i'll pay postage or can come pick it up

[chez]

since you are only using one of hem, send me the other one

i'll pay postage or can come pick it up

LOL - yeah, hang on I'll nip to the post office right now

[Neo_VR]

If the footy manager thing uses directx... then possibly not
ive got a 20" and played with the 24" my 128mb 9700pro couldnt drive the 24" in 3d games as the max d3d res is 1600x1200 for a 128mb card. some games would run higher, others wouldnt.