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!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
>
