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Old 11-06-2003, 04:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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?

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Old 11-06-2003, 06:04 PM   #2 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-06-2003, 06:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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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
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Old 11-06-2003, 11:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
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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
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Old 11-07-2003, 04:04 AM   #5 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-07-2003, 09:16 AM   #6 (permalink)
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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?).
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Old 11-08-2003, 07:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
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or an old computer that was throughn away.... for free!
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