Confused

[xerouk]

I think ive been out of the loop too long,

I am wanting a 3 monitor setup for my pc as im doing a lot of virtual machine work at the moment towards some certification exams. and i dont like alt tab

Ive heard that the ATI cards have an audio out built into their DVI port so you can link it to a TV with a converter through HDMI which would be handy also,

I still need a main card that gives me reasonably good game performance so i was wondering what 2 cards i could use to give me this result,

My Spec

Asus Blitz Formula Board,
2gb OCZ Reaper Ram
Leadtek 7800
E6550

Thanks in advance guys

 

[Rackerz]

2900 Pro/XT.

 

[xerouk]

Ok thanks, i have a 22" monitor would that card run the latest games at high widescreen res or do i need to get a Nvidia 88 series and ditch the HDMI with audio idea?

 

[Tute]

What kind of budget are you thinking?

 

[xerouk]

not fussed tbh but i really like the idea of one dvi port to send video and audio so the top ATI 2900 but i dont understand the 1gb part are they that as standard in the text it says "supports up to 1gb" which confused me.

 

[Tute]

I'm not really sure what the 8800s offer in terms of HDMI but I believe the ATi 2900 series cards can do it using a special connector which you plug onto the DVI port, and that it also gives sound.

I personally wouldn't touch the 1GB version (unless VM is the kind of software that would use the huge framebuffer) and just settle for the 512MB one instead, maybe even just a 2900 Pro.

 

[xerouk]

Thanks for the quick replys m8 ill look into VMs using the extra memory,