help with my screens?

conuk · 12 Apr 2008 at 21:12

ok I got the following :

dell 2407
NEC 19" lcd as second monitor.

Running a 8800 GTX for both monitors...

what I would like to do is use my 32" HD tv for movies and bluray hopefully.

I have an Intel Bad Axe II mobo .... can I just pop in another PCI Express gfx card in there to use for the TV ?

Its not an SLI board......

Thoughts ?

conuk · 16 Apr 2008 at 17:43

nah I dont want to game on both monitors.... just if I want to watch something from the computer .... just flick on the TV instead of sitting at the desk all the time ... I still want two monitors for the PC but would like to watch movies on HD TV sometimes... via another DVI card... so I guess something not too powerful would suffice ?

As youve got the bad axe 2 - you may be able to answer another question if I can mate.

The sata ports on the mobo - Ive got 2 x raptors in raid..... and 2 more sata drives as backup..... (the blue ports)... Ive bought some more bigger drives and wanted to copy the data from the backups onto the new ones.... whenever I put another drive onto the red sata ports (not to boot - just for data) - the PC dont boot up... any suggestions ?

conuk · 16 Apr 2008 at 18:53

my bad.... yeah the sata colours are same as yours....
was just quoting from (rubbish) memory .... shame I just wanted to copy them over then disconnect them - will have to go a different way.

Chip is QX 6700 - ok for now

am using a dell 24" monitor @ 1920 x 1200
the tv is a 1080p compatible 32" screen ... I assume its HDCP compatible but not sure... so yeah a cheaper card would probably do - ill keep an eye out in the members market.

cheers orange.

conuk · 16 Apr 2008 at 21:16

yep tried the boot list order - no joy.

seems a strange waste of sata ports.... talk about dangling a carrot

I assumed if there was say 8 sata ports .. you could use 8 drives or something ... strange.

conuk · 17 Apr 2008 at 18:21

as for the graphics cards......

Ive just got one of those Asus Sonar PCI express sound cards.... are the 3 pci slots the same ?

are 2 of them 16x and 1 slower.... ?

and can I put a non nvidia card in there or is it better to pop another slower/cheaper nvidia card in ?

cheers

conuk · 17 Apr 2008 at 21:39

cheers orange ..... will have to check about the speeds....

conuk · 18 Apr 2008 at 00:21

just checked about the board....

1 x 16 pci slot .... or multiple 8 x cards can be used = dead end.

would a DVI splitter from the 19" monitor work - its currently running 1280 x 1024 .... pretty sure my LG TV does this res....

so one dvi from the 8800gtx runs the dell 24" monitor... and a splitter runs the LCD tv and 19" monitor.... thus windows just thinks theres 2 monitors with the TV and 19" displaying the same screen.

Would this work ? otherwise Im stuck with this board