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Spot|DSE wrote on 9/4/2004, 7:38 AM
Matrox P650 and Parhelia are my two faves.
John_Cline wrote on 9/4/2004, 10:20 AM
Yep, I agree, Matrox cards have the best looking output by far. Drivers are solid, too.

John
musman wrote on 9/4/2004, 3:20 PM
With the 3D stuff in Vegas now, does a good graphics card speed things up at all? It was my understanding that at least in Vegas 4, all you really needed to look for was a dual head card if you wanted to have 2 monitors.
fixler wrote on 9/4/2004, 4:52 PM
Yeh. They are great cards! But if I was looking for something a little cheaper any ideas?

Thanks for all you help...fixler
rextilleon wrote on 9/4/2004, 7:13 PM
Same with Vegas 5.0--and the Matrox 550 will do a great job for under 100 bucks.
NickHope wrote on 9/5/2004, 3:44 AM
I've been using the ASUS V9520 Videosuite (Nvidia FX5200 128Mb) for about 4 weeks. I'm delighted with it. Have only used one flat panel with it so far but the 2nd DVI socket is there waiting for when I can afford another.
NickHope wrote on 9/5/2004, 3:53 AM
There's a V9560 version now too if you want a bit more oomph for gaming etc.
farss wrote on 9/5/2004, 7:14 AM
Dang,
where can you buy a Matrox 550?
I've done a few searches and the thing seems to be obsolete.
May have something to do with its rather odd dual DVI connector.

Bob.
FuTz wrote on 9/5/2004, 7:51 AM
Bizarre... here, all they have in stock in the stores is the 550. So farss, don't get affraid about "no support whatsoever" ; )
I'm buying the P650 next wednesday; I'll have to order it on tuesday (24h delay between distributor & store).

So far, I've been running the Millenium G450 (OEM) and it never failed with both single or dual displays.
I'm sooooo eager to get the 650! I can even add a 3rd display with the additionnal adaptor if I want in a (near?) future. In fact I'm waiting for an LCD screen that would give me kind of a reference for color correction (ntsc input). But I'm not there yet (still expensive a bit). But... I'll have the option to go 3-screen or not in the end...

And no fan so less noise (I think if you go with the 750 you get a fan...).
musman wrote on 9/5/2004, 5:40 PM
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