best video card for multi-moniter?

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best video card for multi-moniter?

Postby Farlo » Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:02 am

which is the best to get for multi moniter support....

any help is appreciated
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Postby Nurd » Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:58 am

If your looking for one card that will use both monitors, in the consumer arena I think Matrox currently holds the monniker of "best multi-monitor card". If your not concerned with the best, a couple companies make Nvidia based cards with multi-monitor support. They should all be comparable to each other as far as options go, as they are all nvidia chips and all adhere basically to the nvidia reference designs (IIRC) find the one with the most memory at the best price, and you'll be set.

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Re: best video card for multi-moniter?

Postby Dannywilson » Thu Aug 21, 2003 9:14 am

el_farlo wrote:which is the best to get for multi moniter support....

any help is appreciated


I'm running a Nvidia Geforce 4-Ti 4200, a 9 month old card (now $95) and dual monitor support is nice, but slightly overrated.
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Postby Farlo » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:06 pm

all i want it for is editing...nothing else i really need, just need more workspace.
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:38 pm

Really, what you should do is keep your current card and just find a PCI video card off eBay and use the two cards. (AGP and PCI, most likely)

Otherwise, if you want just one card, get something like Danny's card and get the little DVI-I to VGA converter off eBay or somewhere and put a VGA CRT monitor on it with a VGA CRT on the DVI-I to VGA-converted DVI input.
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Postby klinky » Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:33 pm

el_farlo wrote:all i want it for is editing...nothing else i really need, just need more workspace.



If you don't have a bigger monitor already. Get one. Bigger monitor is better than dual monitors. I could never get over having 2x bezels in model of the display. Also there are some hardware/software issues with the way two monitors work. Alot of times there is no hardware overlay on teh 2nd monitor. Then there is the fact that not all programs like to work properly with two monitors or two video cards.

Get a 21" off of ebay :}. I havea Cornerstone P1500 and I couldn't be happier. :p
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:16 pm

I would but I dunno if it'd fit my current setup
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Postby klinky » Thu Aug 21, 2003 5:39 pm

Man if you have space for two monitors but not one big monitor. :shock: That would be strange... Maybe not =/
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Postby NicholasDWolfwood » Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:37 pm

klinky wrote:Man if you have space for two monitors but not one big monitor. :shock: That would be strange... Maybe not =/


I really dunno if I can fit two 17" CRT monitors side by side anyway :O

I just tested with a tape measure, nope. I could probably fit two 17" LCDs, but not the CRTs.
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Postby Dannywilson » Thu Aug 21, 2003 7:21 pm

Heh I have 2 side by side 19" CRT's.
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Postby madmallard » Sat Aug 23, 2003 7:59 pm

assuming you have a 17" now

17"-$109
matrox dual head card- $90

or

19"- $ 160


you get a new monitor, but you dont get anywhere near as much screen real estate as a 2nd monitor would provide.
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Postby jonmartensen » Sat Aug 23, 2003 11:12 pm

I just bump the resolution up to 1600 x 1200 when I need more screen space.
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