Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Russell Johnson
On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Meaning two electrical connections for the same image? Derek's comment > regarding a card with two DVI outputs suggests two separate images. That depends on the card. Some will drive two different monitors at the same time, with differe

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Aaron Burt
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 01:55:57PM -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > The motherboard includes an "Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 900, 224MB > Max. dynamically allocated shared video memory. It also has "One PCI > Express x16 slot" and "One PCI Express x 1 slot". My old machine had an > AGP s

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > Meaning two electrical connections for the same image? Derek's comment > regarding a card with two DVI outputs suggests two separate images. Dick, As far as I know, they're the same image. My guess is that a card with two ports of the same typ

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 10/21/2011 07:38 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Richard C. Steffens wrote: >> That raises another question: If the nVidia card has a 15-pin VGA output >> and a DVI output, are those for separate monitors or are they just two >> different ways to get to one monitor out of the card

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 10/21/2011 12:01 AM, Neal wrote: >>> I need to be looking at nVidia cards that are PCI Express x 16 and have >>> a DVI-D output. >>> >>> Anything else that I need to know? >> Not really, you could look for two DVI outs for a little more >> flexability. > And/or HDMI outputs, which are similar en

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > That raises another question: If the nVidia card has a 15-pin VGA output > and a DVI output, are those for separate monitors or are they just two > different ways to get to one monitor out of the card? Dick, They're two different output format

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Richard C. Steffens
On 10/20/2011 10:33 PM, Derek Loree wrote: > On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 13:55 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote: >> <...> >> >> Unfortunately Free Geek didn't have any nVidia cards yesterday so I'm >> now looking for that upgrade. >> >> <...> >> >> Anything else that I need to know? > Not really, you cou

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-21 Thread Neal
>> I need to be looking at nVidia cards that are PCI Express x 16 and have >> a DVI-D output. >> >> Anything else that I need to know? > > Not really, you could look for two DVI outs for a little more > flexability. And/or HDMI outputs, which are similar enough to DVI-D that adapters are cheap. PC

Re: [PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-20 Thread Derek Loree
On Wed, 2011-10-19 at 13:55 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > My desktop machine croaked on Sunday. On Tuesday I visited that fine > emporium of well priced, used equipment -- The Free Geek Thrift Store -- > and acquired a "new" machine. It has most of what I wanted, and I > upgraded most of t

[PLUG] Choosing an nVidia card

2011-10-19 Thread Richard C. Steffens
My desktop machine croaked on Sunday. On Tuesday I visited that fine emporium of well priced, used equipment -- The Free Geek Thrift Store -- and acquired a "new" machine. It has most of what I wanted, and I upgraded most of the rest. The Sony VAIO box includes: Intel D915GRO motherboard Pentiu