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keif · 11-06-2003, 04:18 PM

i was lookin for a fast pci graphics card because i was gonna do a tri or a quad monitor setup i already have a nvidia geforce ti4200+

so what is good pci card hopefully supports dual monitors.

can you guys help?

-keif

McPimpenheimer · 11-06-2003, 06:04 PM

Well, you have to ask yourself what your going to use it for: what apps are you going to be running that NEED a fast graphics card? You're not going to want to run games, that's what the 4200 is for. Photoshop, graphic/video editing? Maybe a tad more understandable... but I don't do enough of that to know the importance of a high end card. If you're deadset on getting a highend PCI card tho, the GeForce FX 5600 comes in PCI form, but I'ven only seen it at Best Buy...made by BFGTech, I believe. Newegg has some Radeon 9000's and 5200's that are dualhead for ~70-80... and I know there's a dualhead GF4 MX PCI card that's nice, cheap, and dualhead. Good luck, check some sites like ww.Newegg.com and tell us how you do.

keif · 11-06-2003, 06:09 PM

i do use photoshop alot! and i'd like to be able to have my tv and 2 monitors runnin outta my computer... hmmm i'll have to look into the 5600

thanks
-keif

Dilbert1234567 · 11-06-2003, 11:50 PM

um if your running photoshope you dont need speed for your secondary cards

you want a main card for 3d games (4200)
then get some 32 meg gforce2 for the secondary should do the trick

Vanquish · 11-07-2003, 04:04 AM

I have a old Matrox 4mb card in one of my systems as a second GFX Card, and its running fine for everything, as long as your not using Overlay or 3D on the monitor its perfect. But you can pick up a cheap Geforce 2 that will be an excellient dual monitor display. Another option you could go for is a older ATI Card that is PCI and has Dual Monitor itself, then you have room for expansion to 3 monitors.

sailor · 11-07-2003, 09:16 AM

Yeah, you dont need anything fancy to drive the second monitor. I run a Radeon 8500 to drive my primary, and a 5 year old 4mb POS Matrox I had lying around to drive the second. Works like a charm--I run it at 1280x1024, 32 bit color, 70hz refresh and dont see any slowing down at all. Since most anything that will really use a graphics card hard (read: games) is going to use the primary monitor, the secondary card doesnt matter as much.

My advice? Like Dilbert said, go find a cheap used PCI card somewhere (eBay maybe?).

keif · 11-08-2003, 07:50 PM

or an old computer that was throughn away.... for free!

11-06-2003, 04:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
keif Upright	fast pci gfx card? i was lookin for a fast pci graphics card because i was gonna do a tri or a quad monitor setup i already have a nvidia geforce ti4200+ so what is good pci card hopefully supports dual monitors. can you guys help? -keif

11-06-2003, 11:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	um if your running photoshope you dont need speed for your secondary cards you want a main card for 3d games (4200) then get some 32 meg gforce2 for the secondary should do the trick __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

11-07-2003, 09:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
sailor beauty in the breakdown Location: Chapel Hill, NC	Yeah, you dont need anything fancy to drive the second monitor. I run a Radeon 8500 to drive my primary, and a 5 year old 4mb POS Matrox I had lying around to drive the second. Works like a charm--I run it at 1280x1024, 32 bit color, 70hz refresh and dont see any slowing down at all. Since most anything that will really use a graphics card hard (read: games) is going to use the primary monitor, the secondary card doesnt matter as much. My advice? Like Dilbert said, go find a cheap used PCI card somewhere (eBay maybe?). __________________ "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." --Plato

11-06-2003, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
McPimpenheimer Crazy	Well, you have to ask yourself what your going to use it for: what apps are you going to be running that NEED a fast graphics card? You're not going to want to run games, that's what the 4200 is for. Photoshop, graphic/video editing? Maybe a tad more understandable... but I don't do enough of that to know the importance of a high end card. If you're deadset on getting a highend PCI card tho, the GeForce FX 5600 comes in PCI form, but I'ven only seen it at Best Buy...made by BFGTech, I believe. Newegg has some Radeon 9000's and 5200's that are dualhead for ~70-80... and I know there's a dualhead GF4 MX PCI card that's nice, cheap, and dualhead. Good luck, check some sites like ww.Newegg.com and tell us how you do.

11-06-2003, 06:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
keif Upright	i do use photoshop alot! and i'd like to be able to have my tv and 2 monitors runnin outta my computer... hmmm i'll have to look into the 5600 thanks -keif

11-07-2003, 04:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Vanquish Insane Location: Truro, Nova Scotia	I have a old Matrox 4mb card in one of my systems as a second GFX Card, and its running fine for everything, as long as your not using Overlay or 3D on the monitor its perfect. But you can pick up a cheap Geforce 2 that will be an excellient dual monitor display. Another option you could go for is a older ATI Card that is PCI and has Dual Monitor itself, then you have room for expansion to 3 monitors.

11-08-2003, 07:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
keif Upright	or an old computer that was throughn away.... for free!