3 x 2407s

meghatronic · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:12

I currently have 2 x Dell 2407s and I quite fancy a third.... naturally I'd need another vga output.

I currently have a HIS X1900 on a Asus P5W DH Deluxe....

How would I best be going about this? a new supplementary vga... or get two?

fobose · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:18

Just buy yourself a cheap PCI-E card, preferably passive cooled

and thats it.

meghatronic · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:27

fobose said:
Just buy yourself a cheap PCI-E card, preferably passive cooled and thats it.

I didn't think of this...... when I rule the world maybe you can be Chancellor of the Exchequer.

fobose · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:30

You could also put the secondary and third monitors on the second PCI-E card and have your primary one on its own on your main graphics card so its not being stressed as much in games

meghatronic · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:32

fobose said:
You could also put the secondary and third monitors on the second PCI-E card and have your primary one on its own on your main graphics card so its not being stressed as much in games

Something like a X1650 or even lower?

fobose · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:48

Ah I was looking at the "256Mb XFX 7600GS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 700MHz, GPU 400MHz, 12 Pipes, Dual DVI-I/HDTV" - £56, and passive. But if you already have an ATi card then prob best to get another ATi.

Yeah the X1650 would do, although do you want DUAL DVI and passive as these I cannot find.

meghatronic · 8 Jul 2007 at 23:01

fobose said:
Ah I was looking at the "256Mb XFX 7600GS, PCI-E (x16), Mem 700MHz, GPU 400MHz, 12 Pipes, Dual DVI-I/HDTV" - £56, and passive. But if you already have an ATi card then prob best to get another ATi.

Yeah the X1650 would do, although do you want DUAL DVI and passive as these I cannot find.

Yeah I was thinking ATI & ATI being less likely to explode. Passive isn't really an issue, my pc sounds like a harrier most of the time.