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drgnfang

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4870X2 aint poor/limited support.....

give a shot then you will love it..
 
4850x2 2GB version has four DVI out ports on it... the link to the review is on the front page (to another website).
 
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 X2 100270SR Video Card - Retail. That's a 4850x2. The one reviewed by bit-tech linked above.
 
Bdbtoys said:
I was thinking the same thing initially... but for the cost you could go with a second card.
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I assumed that the single card limitation was due to a lack of slots - meaning even if a second card was cheaper, there was nowhere to put it.

However, I agree that this is not the cheapest solution.
 
heat, power, board space, etc...

A small, but seriously neglected market segment.

Oh and the matrox is a fail (to me) due to the resolution limits. I could get one of the Nvidia workstation cards (like the 440) and have less problems with just a single card - but it is limited to 1920x1200 for dvi (all 4 displays). Both the dualhead and triplehead are limited to a max of 2x1920x1200. Unless you just want a big ass screen to game on the matrox solution is not a solution.
 
Have you went into the ATI thread and looked at what the people that have the 4850x2 had to say about it? Mainly the later ones as 9.1 just came out.
 
is this for just 2D, like a big worstation? In the Army, I was lucky enough to get myself a pair of FireMV's from ATI. not sure what Nv has that's similar, but Im sure there is something. We had 8 monitors hooked up on our main HQ control rig, that was a hell of a rig, I loved that job. If your not trying to power anything agresive, but just need the realestate then I'd go that way. Im not sure what you can get from a 4850 or what not, Im just speaking on my own experience.
 
Primarily for 2D, but I don't want to rule out 3D. Even in that case it wouldn't be "aggressive" 3d, more like desktop 3d (compiz and similar type setups).
 
The 4 DVI ports on the 4850x2 are nice... and for around $260 - $280 it is cheaper than the first 2 cards in the OP. and yes, there is 9.1 support for the card. It only upped my 3dMark score to 19827 so there is no big performance increase but it IS supported.
 
Haste266 said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128363

^ that motherboard and one video card would do it. but the motherboard doesnt do dvi and hdmi at the same time so one of the monitors would need to accept a db15(analog) cable
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I am not saying that that motherboard won't do it, but I am trying to do something similar and found out that supposedly Vista only allows ONE video driver to be loaded at a time. I can't get my G35 board's GMA adapter to show up at the same time as my 8800GTS.
 
Met-AL said:
I am not saying that that motherboard won't do it, but I am trying to do something similar and found out that supposedly Vista only allows ONE video driver to be loaded at a time. I can't get my G35 board's GMA adapter to show up at the same time as my 8800GTS.
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ive done it with that board (i own it). not 4 monitors...but 3.

using an 8800gtx in conjuction with the onboard and it worked fine. i dont see why a 4th monitor wouldnt work. but yeah, i kinda doubt an ATI card would work...
 
Haste266 said:
ive done it with that board (i own it). not 4 monitors...but 3.

using an 8800gtx in conjuction with the onboard and it worked fine. i dont see why a 4th monitor wouldnt work. but yeah, i kinda doubt an ATI card would work...
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Must be the fact that the same video driver is being loaded for your 8800 and the onboard GF 9400 maybe?

I wonder if I could get away with the same thing using an old PCI GF2 MX200 card.
 
It's a mATX board, I'd loose 3 slots with that. Would be better just running 2xpcie cards.
 
Met-AL said:
Must be the fact that the same video driver is being loaded for your 8800 and the onboard GF 9400 maybe?

I wonder if I could get away with the same thing using an old PCI GF2 MX200 card.
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depends on the drivers probably. the gf2 drivers might not be compatible with the newest drivers available.
 
actually, ya, you could get a pair of like 9500GT's for really cheap, and that would work, assuming you have 2 slots, and youd have enough to d some light rendering
 
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