dual dvi video card 1920x1200 on each monitor

dhill wrote on 10/18/2005, 1:29 PM

Hello... I'm trying to figure out which nvidia cards will support dual dvi where I can have 1920x1200 resolution on each 24" LCD Dell monitor. I tried Googling the subject for a while and gave up and thought I'd just ask here. I'd rather not get the workstation models so we can occasionally disable one monitor and still play 3d games. Thanks in advance. DH

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farss wrote on 10/18/2005, 2:55 PM

I think the nVidia Pro series cards will do the job, I've got one in a machine elsewhere so I don't have the model number at hand, something like "1300" comes to mind though. But yes that is a workstation model!
I think they're still OK for games or there's the new 7800 series cards that do dual DVI at as much res as you need but pretty expensive and power hungry.
Bob.

JJKizak wrote on 10/18/2005, 4:36 PM

The 7800's require a minimum 24 amp 12 voltDC power supply and have a standard 4 wire power connector on the board. They really run hot---the inside of your machine will be very warm and they come with a big fan. Get a huge power supply and lots of fans. They will handle dual DVI, one DVI and one HDTV and the overlay is for monitor one or monitor two. You cannot use the overlay for a third monitor. This is strictly a two monitor card. The software enables two monitors only.$489.00 from NewEgg.

JJK

GlennChan wrote on 10/19/2005, 5:47 AM

I think some of the cheaper 6600s have dual DVI.

With two cards running SLI, you might be able to get 4 monitors.

dhill wrote on 10/22/2005, 11:05 AM

Thanks! Yes, I was told by others too that the 7800's will do this fine (dual dvi both at 1920/1200 res.) DH