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nVIDIA 7950GX2 Advice

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brandonrlz

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I'm building a new PC here's the base specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
4GB RAM
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium - Motherboard (still deciding)

Here's my question that I need some help on. The video card that I am wanting to get is the (XFX GeForce 7950GX2 w/1GB RAM) which from the reviews ROCKS!! But my question is, has anyone seen any reviews about this card handling two monitors?

My I'm planning on buying two 22" widescreen's but I want to make sure this card will be able to handle it.

On top of that, if this card is capable of handling two monitors with no problems, then there is no need to get an SLI motherboard. Instead I would get the --> ASUS P5W DH DELUXE

Thoughts, concerns, comments?

Thanks everyone!!
 
Well...more memory and the price is cheaper. :D

Why would you pick this motherboard over the other ones?
 
Alright so I'm an idiot on the motherboard I misread some of the information on that board, that is definitely a far better board.
 
I had a 7950gx2 with dual monitors. The drivers force you to turn off multi-gpu mode to drive multiple monitors, which was a pain. Also, since it is just sli on a card it does not actually have more working memory than a 8800gtx since the same data has to be copied to each 512mb bank. I'd also recommend a single 8800gtx or 8800gts for driving multiple monitors given the driver issues with multi-gpu or sli.
 
Sorry for being stupid about this, I haven't kept up with the hardware for a while. This is great information, thanks for the help before I made a mistake on the purchase.

Why does it have to copy to each bank, and why wouldn't that be the case with the 8800?
 
Sorry for being stupid about this, I haven't kept up with the hardware for a while. This is great information, thanks for the help before I made a mistake on the purchase.

Why does it have to copy to each bank, and why wouldn't that be the case with the 8800?
 
It has to copy data because a GX2 is basically SLI on one card, I don't know the technical reason, it just does. A 8800 is one card and doesn't need to.

Buying a GX2 will bite you in the foot later on when DX10 games come. Plus the 8800 run any game now at very high resolution where the GX2 might handle only 1600x1200 on most games. The 8800 is a no brainer when compared to the GX2.
 
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