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waygo

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October 30th, 2006 23:00

Video Card for triple monitors.

Hi; I'm running dual 19 inch monitors  with a Dimension 510, and plan to buy a 2407WFP to make them triple, but am not sure what I need for video cards. Right now I've got a GeForce 7600 dual dvi on PCIe and it works great, but I guess I'll need another to run the third monitor. My question is, can I install a PCI card for the new, bigger monitor and not notice a lot of difference because it won't be a PCIe? The 510 has only the one pci express slot. Also, I'd like the 24 inch to be my primary display.    

Airblazer

251 Posts

November 1st, 2006 03:00

use the pci-e card for the 2407 and one of the monitors and the pci card for the remaining monitor.
Might as well use the best card for the high end monitor or you could just buy the matrox triple head...google for it.looks sweet

waygo

90 Posts

November 1st, 2006 23:00

Thanks, Airblazer. I've pretty much narrowed the pci card search down to Visiontek X1300. It's supposed to be Vista compatible, and its 256 MB. But my existing GeForce 7600 PCI-e is only 256 MB, also. I'm wondering if that's enough memory to handle the 24 inch and 19 inch monitors?  

Daddyjaxx

1.1K Posts

November 2nd, 2006 00:00

That's a lot of money for a slow PCI card.  If your using multiple monitors just to have different things on each get a cheap one.  If you plan on using the second card for gaming, it won't work very well.

Airblazer

251 Posts

November 2nd, 2006 04:00

as above...if you're not gaming no point in wasting money on a card..nearly all cards now have vga/dvi or dual dvi..anyone will do.

waygo

90 Posts

November 2nd, 2006 11:00

Points well taken. But I'm thinking about memory. I might run the 24 inch on its own card instead of sharing the 7600 GT. Any suggestions? I'm not gaming, but don't want something really slow, either.

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