So as some of you know my secondary computer is driving four monitors. Its doing this via a couple 8800GTS cards I have. And needless to say they are less than ideal. The produce alot of heat in the rack case, use tons of power, as well as make for tight quarters. Also for a comp that doesn't play games they are overkill.
Been looking around for a couple low spec cards to replace them. And thanks to my OCD it has proved difficult to do it on the cheap. I want them to be the same card, be single slot, and have two DVI ports each. The cheapest on newegg are like 30 bucks for a 9400gt but thats after pain in the ass rebates and before the 8 bucks shipping on each card.
So yeah, if anyone has or knows where I can get something like these I would be very interested....the cheaper the better. I really don't want to go over 80 bucks or so..... _________________ Core I7 4790K @ 4.7 Ghz
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:28 pm
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Both cards having DVI is gonna kill it for you I think. If you relax on that point you can find what you need for very very cheap. _________________ Failure is just success rounded down.
Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:35 pm
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yeah....I realize that, I just hate outputting VGA to a digital capable monitor _________________ Core I7 4790K @ 4.7 Ghz
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:28 pm
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Then just get HDMI->DVI cables since you're going to need them anyway.
Or hang DVI->HDMI adapters on the monitor so you can run HDMI cables all the way.
Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:12 am
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Lists for $299, which is not cheap, but drives 4 monitors and only uses 13 watts (according to engadget)
Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:38 am
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Holy crap thats pretty cool....just need four display port monitors and an extra couple hundred dollars now _________________ Core I7 4790K @ 4.7 Ghz
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Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:17 pm
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I realize the price of that card puts this option out of reach, but just as an FYI you wouldn't need new monitors. Just four $9.01 cables.
Yeah, wouldn't really work in my situation.....as the comp is located in the rack and I already have payed a pretty penny for four 25ft DVI cables to get from the rack to my desk
But I appreciate the idea _________________ Core I7 4790K @ 4.7 Ghz
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Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:55 pm
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Just get four of the six inch long standard minidisplay to DVI adapters and plug your existing cables into them.
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You might want to check to see if a minidisplayport to dvi cable would actually work with that card, if I remember right, ATI put another card out that comes with 2 minidisplayport to dvi cables. The only catch to it is that out of the six minidisplayports, only two at a time can put out to DVI or VGA, the other 4 can only put out to displayport, they might be able to do HDMI, but I'm not sure. _________________ this is the internet.
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