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munkle

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Right now I have a dell 2005fpw, Im probabally going to get another dell 20" widescreen and run dual monitors. Im looking for a card that can run both, gaming on one monitor while basic desktop stuff on the other, watching tv on the second monitor would probably be the max graphical things I would do on the second. (altough when the WoW test centers are up I run both WoW's at the same time)

I was leaning towards a x1800xt because its a tiny bit better than a 7900gt and a little bit cheaper, but I would go to a x1900xt if need be.
 
solobaricsrock said:
SLI doesnt support dual monitors, so thats out.....
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I have an Asus a8n-e nf4 ultra, I would be able to run another video card in pci-e 4x but I have read that running 2 different video cards can cause alot of problems. Although Im not sure how that would work because theres only 20 lanes on the board so 16 for main graphics 4 for secondary and than any pci cards wouldnt work?
 
then if you wanna do that, and have 2 independant cards, simply get a 7900GT for the gaming, and a 7600GT for the desktop stuff. 2 cards, 2 diff monitors prob solved.

Or just get 1 really powerful card like a 7900GTX and use both DVI-D outputs (1 per monitor)
 
solobaricsrock said:
then if you wanna do that, and have 2 independant cards, simply get a 7900GT for the gaming, and a 7600GT for the desktop stuff. 2 cards, 2 diff monitors prob solved.

Or just get 1 really powerful card like a 7900GTX and use both DVI-D outputs (1 per monitor)
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Yes I know I could do that but the problem is with the Lanes. There are 20 Lanes on my Board the 16x pci-e would take 16, and the extra graphics card would take 4 leaving none for a sound card and a tv tuner. I think what happens is the 16x pci-e slot drops to 8x to free up lanes but wouldn't that end up gimping the card anyway?
 
munkle said:
Yes I know I could do that but the problem is with the Lanes. There are 20 Lanes on my Board the 16x pci-e would take 16, and the extra graphics card would take 4 leaving none for a sound card and a tv tuner. I think what happens is the 16x pci-e slot drops to 8x to free up lanes but wouldn't that end up gimping the card anyway?
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PCI-E lanes have nothing to do with your PCI bus.. You can use all availble pci-e lanes and still have as many pci cards as your board has slots, and they will work..

Dropping from 16x to 8x pci-e has very little effect on the current crop of vid cards, just a few fps, if that, most of the time.. 7950gtx excepted, it needs all 16 lanes
 
GORANKAR said:
PCI-E lanes have nothing to do with your PCI bus.. You can use all availble pci-e lanes and still have as many pci cards as your board has slots, and they will work..
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Thats good to know, then I can just reuse my old video card. So a x1900xt wouldnt be able to handle both monitors?
 
A 1900xt should power them both fine in 2d, and one just fine in 3d..
 
i thought the 7900gt was faster than the x1800xt...?

my x1800xt futuremark scores are destroyed by 7900's =/ (x1800xt is 512 mb too)
 
frankyk said:
i thought the 7900gt was faster than the x1800xt...?

my x1800xt futuremark scores are destroyed by 7900's =/ (x1800xt is 512 mb too)
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dont go by synthetic benchmarks, if you check out some reviews the x1800xt is a tiny bit faster in real games that people play.
 
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