grafic card ??

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:47 pm

need a good card for two monitors my motherboard is intel dg965ry
any advice ??

thanks and greatzz

Walter.

Post by **garyb** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 2:06 pm

evga nvidia. almost any of them less than $100 in cost will be just fine.

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:35 pm

thanks , i have been surfing . is this a good choise ? Asus Nvidia EN7600GT/HTDI 256MB DDR3 SDRAM (PCI-E)
greatz

Walter.

Post by **garyb** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:43 pm

it should work just fine. all nvidia cards from any manufacturer use the same driver, so you just want to avoid a poorly made card. i always buy EVGA, but Asus is a plenty reputable card. go ahead, but actually, you could probably get a cheaper model(7300) and be just as happy as long as gaming isn't your primary objective...

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:14 pm

yes, the 7600 passively cooled was my favourite, too - it's around 160 Euro here, which is a fair price imho.
but since gaming wasn't a concern I took the 6200/256 for 60 Euro

never had an NVidia before, but the supporting software looks very nice - you can adjust a lot of things (if you like), but you don't have to... I second that kind of 'under'statement.
Possibly you may have to check if the digital video connectors are available in Dual Screen Mode (on the cheaper models) - some switch to analog then and require an adapter.

cheers, Tom

Post by **garyb** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:25 pm

both connectors work.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:33 pm

of course, the 7600 isn't a cheapo...

[later] oops, I forgot to mention the context - afaik the restriction about the DVI connectors seems to apply only to certain wide screen resolutions, like 1680x1050 (which was my concern).

cheeers, Tom

Post by **garyb** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 6:35 pm

yes, true. but even on the cheap models...

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:45 am

the MSI NX7600GS-T2D256EH is passive cooled, has 256mb ram, dual dvi and is 99 eur here. a GT card is probably not necessary.
I'd somehow prefer the matrox, nevertheless, if they weren't that much more expensive...

-greetings, markus-

Walter · Post by **Walter** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:53 pm

thanks for all the advise ... went to the computershop ... new model asus EN 8500 gt for 101 euro. works great !

greatz
Walter.

Post by **garyb** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:00 pm

kylie · Post by **kylie** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:17 pm

well, sounds like bang for the buck.
take care of the airflow, though.

-greetings, markus-