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I'm looking into getting a dual-TFT monitor setup for my home office and I want to have DVI for both monitors. I've only found two graphics cards that will do this: the Matrox P-series (Parhelia, P650 and P750) and the Asus 9560. Does anyone know
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I'm looking into getting a dual-TFT monitor setup for my home office and I want to have DVI for both monitors. I've only found two graphics cards that will do this: the Matrox P-series (Parhelia, P650 and P750) and the Asus 9560. Does anyone know of any others? Given these are the only dual-DVI cards available, I'm torn because there are different advantages to both: - The Asus will have much better 3d acceleration, I don't play a lot of games but it would be handy. Mind you I'll be less likely to avoid work and play games instead if my graphics card can't run the games - nVidia (Asus 9560) have much better Linux drivers than Matrox P-series, and I'm toying with the idea of switching to Linux for my work at some point. - Assuming I stick with Windows, Matrox supposedly have the best 2D graphics quality, this is important enough for me to outweigh other considerations. However I also read somewhere that this applies mainly to analogue output, and that DVI quality is pretty much the same for most modern cards. - Matrox also are supposed to have the best multiple-monitor support, in terms of configuration options and quality, etc. Can anyone verify if this is true, or have the other manufacturers caught up in recent years? The bottom line is, if the Matrox will give me the best 2D quality and multi-monitor support, even if I can't play games or stop using Windows, then I'll get the P650. But if the Asus can give me comparable quality then I'll go with that for the games and OSS compatibility. BTW my monitor is a Hyundai Q17, and I'll probably buy the exact same model for the second, it's an excellent monitor. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...4285&category= 40161 Not mine....just showing you the prices....don't buy the earlier listed 3000...it's not a real one...it's a hacked 5800 I think! P |
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