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Posted by Woody4eva on Jun-28-2004 19:31:

Graphics Card

I know there's probably a million threads about graphics cards, but I'm looking for one which supports dual monitors and I'm looking to spend as little as possible, maybe �50-�100? Any help appreciated.

Posted by Thunder5 on Jun-28-2004 21:01:

Ati Radeon 9600Pro cards are pretty good. They've dual monitor support and aren't very expensive..

Posted by Vert on Jun-28-2004 21:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Thunder5
Ati Radeon 9600Pro cards are pretty good. They've dual monitor support and aren't very expensive..

Unless he plans on gaming, I have to say that this may be overkill for him. An old radeon 7xxx series with dual head would do just fine if he isn't gaming.

es

Posted by SgtFoo on Jun-28-2004 21:32:

don;t get the radeon 7500 series whatsoever..... it's crap b/c of some small hardware/driver faults.

I hate myself for buying it.

Posted by JTZ on Jun-28-2004 22:15:

Matrox is the leader in multi-head desktop environments. Just about every desktop video card supports multi-head displays now, but Matrox has been around for a while and I can recommend a Matrox card to anyone that is using their computers soley for music only...

I use a G550 and I havent had any problems with it.

Warning, 3D applications/games dont run well at all on the older cards, but they are very cheap, less than a $100 USD.

j

Posted by Vert on Jun-28-2004 23:02:

quote:
Originally posted by SgtFoo
don;t get the radeon 7500 series whatsoever..... it's crap b/c of some small hardware/driver faults.

I hate myself for buying it.

I never had one, but I never heard about any problems with it (and if there were wide-spread problems, I would have heard about it). I'm just saying, get something old if the gaming aspect doesn't matter.

es

Posted by Thunder5 on Jun-28-2004 23:17:

quote:
Originally posted by Vert
Unless he plans on gaming, I have to say that this may be overkill for him. An old radeon 7xxx series with dual head would do just fine if he isn't gaming.

es

Agree.. Just suggested the 9600pro cause haven't seen 7xxx series anywhere lately..

Posted by JTZ on Jun-28-2004 23:38:

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Agree.. Just suggested the 9600pro cause haven't seen 7xxx series anywhere lately..

I forgot to mention; My computer can be updated, but my girlfriends is upto date with the latest hardware. I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Monitor 1 -- Monitor 2 -- TV

I didnt even have to install the driver CD into the computer, i just installed the card and downloaded the catalyst drivers from ati.com and I was off and running. I love it. 3D games look great and smooth action also. This is the one I got...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=324028

Its only $100 USD, great value...

Posted by JTZ on Jun-28-2004 23:49:

Posted by Thunder5 on Jun-29-2004 01:25:

quote:
Originally posted by JTZ
I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Yeah.. I'm pretty satisfied with my 9600 pro also.. but it is overkill if you don't play games.

Posted by josh on Jun-29-2004 02:55:

Agree with JTZ on Maxtrox. Stable for the two computers monitors.

But anyway, 9200 ATI radeon should be more then enuff as Im using that. I just need a two monitor supported. It doesnt matter me much on the Gaming anyway it beyond the budget.

Posted by broken silence on Jun-29-2004 03:02:

ive got a question actually about this stuff---ive read that getting a really big card actually does more harm than good for music production. is that true? like it eats cpu while its running...basically kinda like what vert was saying about overkill.

Posted by Vert on Jun-29-2004 03:07:

quote:
Originally posted by broken silence
ive got a question actually about this stuff---ive read that getting a really big card actually does more harm than good for music production. is that true? like it eats cpu while its running...basically kinda like what vert was saying about overkill.

Overkill as in wasted money for something you will never use.

A more powerful card would use less cpu power if anything.

The only graphics card that I can think of, that would leech a noticible ammount cpu power in a 2d situation, would be integrated graphics.

es

Posted by broken silence on Jun-29-2004 03:53:

thanks dude , i don't really know much about that kinda stuff!

Posted by acell on Jun-29-2004 06:03:

well, if your wanting good gaming as well.. check out the HIS Radeon 9800 pro IceQ

dam fine card.. picked it up for $400 aus new

Posted by Woody4eva on Jun-29-2004 12:21:

quote:
Originally posted by JTZ
I forgot to mention; My computer can be updated, but my girlfriends is upto date with the latest hardware. I just installed an Abit/ATI 9600 video card and it works great with the setup we have downstairs...

Monitor 1 -- Monitor 2 -- TV

I didnt even have to install the driver CD into the computer, i just installed the card and downloaded the catalyst drivers from ati.com and I was off and running. I love it. 3D games look great and smooth action also. This is the one I got...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=324028

Its only $100 USD, great value...

That website doesn't ship to the UK, so is this the same product?

Posted by Thunder5 on Jun-29-2004 13:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Woody4eva
That website doesn't ship to the UK, so is this the same product?

Pretty much..

There might be some differences between those manufacturers but not that huge that it would really matter..

Posted by Ace303 on Jun-29-2004 13:53:

Josh > I'm new to all that stuff
What would be your way of working with 2 monitors ?

Posted by JTZ on Jun-29-2004 16:59:

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That website doesn't ship to the UK, so is this the same product?

Looks like that card uses the same ATI chipset. Just make sure that it comes with a DVI-VGA adapter (unless you are using 1 digital monitor and 1 analogue monitor...). But you already knew that...