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Dual DVI?

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Discreet

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Hey I'm looking for a decent dual dvi graphics card.

I'm trying to power two Samsung 213T's for graphics and I've noticed that the 9600xt I have doesn't handle graphics two well on the second monitor... I don't know why but it really bogs down.

Anyhow the monitors are running at 1600x1200 so If you know of any reasonable dual dvi graphics cards, I'd like to hear about them.

Thanks for your help
 
If you're not gaming I'd suggest looking at some of the Matrox cards. I've forgotten the models but some of their cards have dual DVI. Their image quality is superior to nVidia and even ATI, but like I said, not so good for gaming.

Otherwise, you can get a 5200 or 5700 dual DVI, just check newegg and on the left set DVI for first and second outputs. While I don't know much about the two specific 5200 and 5700 cards that come up, I'd say go with the 5700 over the 5200 any day.
 
gainward made a dual-dvi golden sample geforce 4 ti4600, I got one of them when I RMA'd my gainward ti4400 when it died from artifacting.
 
Do you guys know of any dual dvi solutions that would have the same power as a FX5900? I need the pixel/vertex shader stuff and the bandwidth of the 5900 for the development were doing...

Is there a decent PCI solution that would be work?
 
nothing PCI will have the power even close to a 5900.
and im sure they make a dual-dvi 5900, since they have a 5200 and 5700 that have it.
 
If you can't find consumer cards that have that kind of power, you might have to go with FireGL or Quadro cards to get dual DVI and high-end cards. This, of course, will cost you, but who cares if it's a business expense and the accountant can write it off at the end of the year.

If you can do dual-card work, you could probably get by with a card that's not quite as powerful as the 5900, since it'll only be doing half as much work. The problem is that it's hard to find high-end PCI cards. I think the best PCI card I've seen is like a 5600 or 5700 (search on pricewatch), which is probably overkill since it doesn't make much sense putting that much GPU power on a PCI card that has very little bandwidth available to it.
 
Haven't found any yet aside from the overpriced niche FireGL from ATI (~$800). NVIDIA Just annoucned some variant of GeforceFX Quaddro for PCI use (for those crazy people that need 4-8 monitors). Hopefully this next generation will have some versions with dual DVI at more humane pricing.
 
I think they do, but then you're adding messy conversion to the equation. Native DVI is what you really want.

Gav
 
VGA to DVI connectors don't give you any advantage. It's the same as using the DVI connection in analog mode.
 
Why not just add a pci card that does DVI? It would be cheaper and allow you to upgrade your main card later without running into the trouble of finding a dual dvi card later on?
 
Do you guys know of any dual dvi solutions that would have the same power as a FX5900? I need the pixel/vertex shader stuff and the bandwidth of the 5900 for the development were doing...
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Dual DVI 5900s and above are not made. Period.

People are fucking dumb, by the way, given that DVI supersedes VGA, and there can't be much of a cost difference. Fucktards.

You're going to need a Quadro FX 3000, based on the 5900 Ultra.

A PNY Quadro FX 3000 will run you $1400 from ZipZoomFly or $1300 from NewEgg.

Good thing I hate LCDs.
 
Originally posted by STL
Dual DVI 5900s and above are not made. Period.

People are fucking dumb, by the way, given that DVI supersedes VGA, and there can't be much of a cost difference. Fucktards.

You're going to need a Quadro FX 3000, based on the 5900 Ultra.

A PNY Quadro FX 3000 will run you $1400 from ZipZoomFly or $1300 from NewEgg.

Good thing I hate LCDs.
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Good lord, you don't need that. You can get a card with equal video quality for 1/6th the cost if you go to Matrox. It'll just play games for crap.

DVI is actually cheaper technically. No DAC is needed in the mix to convert the inherent digital signal from the card to an analog signal for the CRT (or analog LCDs).

And your reason for hating LCDs is the most amusing I've ever heard. I discusses with a few people and we've pretty much decided you must have other reasons to hate them. The Brush isn't that long lasting and easy to "untrain."
 
Originally posted by swatbat
Why not just add a pci card that does DVI? It would be cheaper and allow you to upgrade your main card later without running into the trouble of finding a dual dvi card later on?
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Thats what I had in mind when I mentioned PCI
 
[emorphien]
> Good lord, you don't need that. You can get a card with equal video
> quality for 1/6th the cost if you go to Matrox. It'll just play
> games for crap.

Read the thread! The guy needs the power of the 5900 or MORE.

Matrox can't touch that.

> DVI is actually cheaper technically.

Stupid, STUPID video card companies.
 
Originally posted by STL
> DVI is actually cheaper technically.

Stupid, STUPID video card companies.
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Dunno if this is sarcasm, but they had to use the analog system for a long time, because 1) DVI wasn't available, 2) LCDs were expensive, and 3) the CRT was king. :D
 
the gainward 4600 is probably your best bet, although a bit slower than what you wanted
 
> Dunno if this is sarcasm, but they had to use the analog system for
> a long time

They don't have to anymore.

I myself hate LCDs, but I can convert DVI to VGA with one of those little plug things, and then it doesn't matter to me. But someone with an LCD needs DVI.
 
Originally posted by STL

I myself hate LCDs, but I can convert DVI to VGA with one of those little plug things, and then it doesn't matter to me. But someone with an LCD needs DVI.
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Not to get off-topic, but how many people do you know that use LCDs? I certainly don't (sticker shock). They are trying to sell to those who love to stay cheap, and only barely adequate (business).

I saw the NV40 photo on the [H] mainpage, which has Dual-DVI. Maybe they have finally started to make a dual-DVI card that isn't designed for professionals this product cycle.

That's being released quite soon, actually. Maybe that will be the answer to your problems, Discreet.
 
DVI is only really cheaper if you -don't- have the analog lines running; once you add analog, you're back to at least the same complexity as straighht VGA. I suspect that, before long (a year or two) DVI-only outputs on video cards will become common, but right now, DVI-capable LCDs are still too damned expensive (most reasonably priced ones are still only analog inpu) to have much of an impact on the consumer/enthusiast market (yet they've been adopted by the workstation market as you can tell from the price/selection of cards with dual DVI).
 
Yikes I'm probably gonna hold off then. I was looking at dropping 700 on a FX1100 cards but that too is pretty pricy and I can hold off on my second monitor for now i think :(
 
i have an LCD, and DVI makes all the difference, its much more crisp, and eliminates ghosting
 
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