Thanks Paul,





Is the fan still spinning on the video card ?

It was. I replaced the GPU with another borrowed video card temporarily.


https://www.amazon.com/POWERCOLOR-AX...eywords=HD5670
Thanks, I will look into it.



Doesn't list Eyefinity as supported...

https://www.comx-computers.co.za/AX5...y-p-108092.php


With modern enough cards, they don't really have to run hot when not
in 3D mode. So even if a card has a PCIE aux power input, it might
not actually be using all that electricity on a continuous basis.
Back in the 8800GTX era, the "idle" mode ran at 50% of "full power mode"
and the cards really wasted energy. Now, they're better than that.
Some cards could drop to 3W at idle. Some of the tech used, may not
allow hitting those targets on all cards, but at least they no longer
drop to just 50%, and should draw less than 50% at idle.


Thanks, what other lower priced cards would meet our needs of using two
22 inch Dell mnitors and a 46 inch NEC monitor NEC MultiSync V463?

Would
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 at
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-nvi...lack/5711723.p
220 be OK for our needs?

The next issue will be, AMD may switch to not offering x32 drivers
any more. So if you're buying a brand new card, that's something
else to watch for. And maybe no Win7 drivers ? Buying video cards
now is getting really dangerous. The customers are designed to
get a screwing now. And you have to contend with no stock
at the computer store. They *will* have stock of a $600 card :-)
That's what I discovered in my most recent scan of my
computer store here. Lots of missing SKUs. And then one
card was "stock 10+", which means they have a decent amount
of cards. Too bad the cards are the $600 ones. And these
aren't VEGA cards either, they're ~$250 class cards for ~$600.

I agree, the prices have increased a lot recently.

And they do have 1030 cards - but too bad the connector mix on
the front isn't all that good. I wish they'd just drop the
pretense and put three DisplayPort on it and be done with it.
Then the user can go shopping for a pile of adapters...

Paul

As usual, your in depth guidance and advice is appreciated.