Hey Stan, Not sure I understand what you mean by "I don't think 1600x1200 will cut it but it's possible"...? Are you trying to say that's too many pixels or the reverse...? *confused*
In my case, the monitors are 20" Dell flat-panel LCDs, two 2001FPs and one 2007FP and I read you can use a Displayport-DVI converter and it should work...unless you have heard differently? BINO -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:56 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? One of the monitors must have a Display Port connection and I'm not sure the adapter situation is straight just yet. Also, I don't think 1600x1200 will cut it but it's possible. What are they? Cathode ray? On 2/10/2010 6:11 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: > Don't know if you're into it, but I've been eyeing the Matrix TripleHead2GO > for months (years?) now and I just read that the new 5xxx series from ATI > does Eyefinity, which is basically the equivalent of that Matrox device, but > BUILT-IN to the videocard, and that most games are supporting it (basically > the game sees it as just one really big monitor resolution). > > So I got a 4830 ~1.5 years ago for $90 for my old PC, but if I upgrade > again, I'm going with an ATI 5xxx series for the multi-monitor support; I've > got 3 20" panels that run at 1600x1200 and I'm itching to do an RTS on all > three; check out the guru3d review: > > http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-eyfinity-editorial-review/ > > The videos (especially of RTS like CoH and Anno 1404, etc) are freakin' > amazing! The ability to do that in digital output at my native monitor res > with no issues of support for my card (all issues with the TH2GO) makes me > glad I waited this long and didn't get the TH2GO (and some of ATI cards cost > less than the TH2GO itself!). In fact, the newly announced 5570 (which is > their lowest/budget gaming card) is only $70 and can do this too; so if you > step up to a 58xx series (since it's in your budget), you should be golden! > HTH! > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Veech > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:04 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? > > ok I forgot to mention that my budget is around $300, and I see the ATI 5850 > > is available for that from NewEgg, any opinions? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Boswell"<torazch...@gmail.com> > To:<hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 02:16 > Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? > > > >> the 8800GT has 112 shaders >> the 8800GTS320/640 has 96 shaders >> the 8800GTS512 has 128 shaders >> >> >> the GTS250 has 128 shaders, and has had a die shrink so it's cooler and >> the clocks are a chunk higher, it's the one to get if you want an nvidia >> card of that level IMO >> >> OR look at a radeon 4890, which will be around the same performance level >> > >> (I think) as your pair of 8800GTS's were and use a hell of a lot less >> power... or even a 5770, which is a little slower (10% or so) than the >> 4890 but runs cooler and has DX11 support for whenever you eventually get >> > >> off of XP >> >> On 8 Feb 2010, at 08:06:310, Veech wrote: >> >> >>> I'm thinking two of these 8800 GTs in SLI would work just fine.. >>> opinions? Seems like they might spec higher than the two GTS cards even >>> though they have 512MB RAM as opposed to 640MB on the GTS cards. >>> >>> >>> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143118&nm_mc=OTC-Fr > oogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-BFG+Technologies-_-14143118 > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veech"<ve...@earthlink.net> >>> To:<hardware@hardwaregroup.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 23:28 >>> Subject: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get? >>> >>> >>> >>>> I had two Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-E cards in SLI in my system which >>>> was built about 3 years ago. About 4 months ago one went bonkers, >>>> probably overheated, so I removed it and am now running with just the >>>> other one. I play a lot of Team Fortress 2 online and after a recent >>>> Steam update I was getting some strange artifacting in the game and now >>>> > >>>> am having trouble staying connected, and often the game and the >>>> computer freeze and I have to reboot. Oddly enough, the card seems to >>>> work fine under all other conditions and apps such as internet, DVD >>>> movie playing etc, but when playing TF2 online it goes nuts. >>>> >>>> So I'm thinking it may be about to go and I should consider replacing >>>> it. I haven't shopped for video cards in 3 years. I have an EVGA >>>> nForce 6801 SLI board and Core2 x6800 2.93G CPU, running XP Media >>>> Edition. >>>> >>>> What would you folks recommend for replacement video cards? I would >>>> probably stick with an SLI configuration unless a single ATI card >>>> comparably priced would blow it away. >>>> >>>> thanks!! >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > >