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Ordering a new computer tonight... 1 question though.

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Question:

 

First off the question. Im going to transfer my 7900gs 256mb video card, and I'm wondering if it will run a 24'' and a 22'' dual monitors.

 

Not worried about gaming, this is a workstation for my graphic work.

 

 

 

NEW STUFF

 

 

 

 

Monitor:

 

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/prod ... u=320-6272

 

 

 

Case:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129025

 

 

 

Power Supply:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371012

 

 

 

Motherboard:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813188024

 

 

 

Processor:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115042

 

 

 

RAM: Two sets, for a total of 8GB

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820145194

 

 

 

Hard Drive(s): 2 hard drives, Raid 1

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136284

 

 

 

Blueray/HD dvd drive:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827136133

 

 

 

Other:

 

Operating System: Vista 64bit Ultimate

 

Card Reader - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820223073

 

Thermal Paste: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835100007

 

Heat Sink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835186134

 

 

 

 

Striping the following from current computer:

 

 

 

 

Monitor #2:

 

Gateway 22'' Widescreen

 

 

 

Video Card: (waiting... "awhile" for the Nvidia 280's to drop in price)

 

Nvidia 7900gs 256mb

 

 

 

Sound Card:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... =bluegears

 

 

 

And also a CD/DVD burner combo drive.

 

Yes the 7900GS should work fine for dual monitors like that.

Why 1000w PSU? Have you something extra planned for it?

 

 

 

GTX 260 and 280 have already dropped in price, they won't drop much further in price.

 

 

 

The motherboard, have you planned on running SLI? To be honest, i would not invest in it. Especially if you plan on buying a 280. I would buy a 4870x2, will be cheaper than two 280's.

 

 

 

Otherwise it looks nice.

 

 

 

Your 7900gs will run two screens if it has two outputs and supports the monitor-resolution.

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Je trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vie

Je ne me reconnais plus dans les gens

Je suis juste un cas désespérant

Et comme personne ne viendra me réclamer

Je terminerai comme un objet retrouvé

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Why 1000w PSU? Have you something extra planned for it?

 

 

 

GTX 260 and 280 have already dropped in price, they won't drop much further in price.

 

 

 

The motherboard, have you planned on running SLI? To be honest, i would not invest in it. Especially if you plan on buying a 280. I would buy a 4870x2, will be cheaper than two 280's.

 

 

 

Otherwise it looks nice.

 

 

 

Your 7900gs will run two screens if it has two outputs and supports the monitor-resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

They shot up in price over night last night :| check newegg.

 

I do plan on running SLI in the long run. I prefer the 280's over ATI. The way the 280's work when they are not being used by video games and such is what attracts me.

Why 1000w PSU? Have you something extra planned for it?

 

 

 

GTX 260 and 280 have already dropped in price, they won't drop much further in price.

 

 

 

The motherboard, have you planned on running SLI? To be honest, i would not invest in it. Especially if you plan on buying a 280. I would buy a 4870x2, will be cheaper than two 280's.

 

 

 

Otherwise it looks nice.

 

 

 

Your 7900gs will run two screens if it has two outputs and supports the monitor-resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

They shot up in price over night last night :| check newegg.

 

I do plan on running SLI in the long run. I prefer the 280's over ATI. The way the 280's work when they are not being used by video games and such is what attracts me.

 

 

 

I'm not from the U.S, so i don't check newegg much.

 

Where i live, gtx 280 was introduced at 480 - 620 euros. The cheapest i found now was at 360 euros, so they've dropped much as you see.

 

Well, i suppose if you have the money and think it's worth putting so much cash into it, go for it.

 

I guess, if you buy a 280 in a month or something, and then buy one at x-mas or something, they won't be as expensive as now.

 

I'm buying an ATI 4850 this month (with a new computer), will be enough for me hehe.

 

 

 

Good luck.

J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff movies

Je trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vie

Je ne me reconnais plus dans les gens

Je suis juste un cas désespérant

Et comme personne ne viendra me réclamer

Je terminerai comme un objet retrouvé

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im probably going to wait 6-12 months before picking up a 280. (or even looking at it for that matter)

 

Im in no rush for getting a more powerful card right now, but i set my system up for expandability.

Ah ok, i understand.

 

I know that both ATI and Nvidia are working on the next cards. But no date is known, so if you're thinking of 6-12months, more information about the new gpu's will probably be known. Or the 280's will be even cheaper! =)

 

 

 

Have fun and give the quad-core to me for replying three times lol.

J'adore aussi le sexe et les snuff movies

Je trouve que ce sont des purs moments de vie

Je ne me reconnais plus dans les gens

Je suis juste un cas désespérant

Et comme personne ne viendra me réclamer

Je terminerai comme un objet retrouvé

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*waves goodbye to ~$2700* :boohoo:

Just a question, I thought there were a lot of compatibility issues with 64 bit Windows?

 

I'm running x64 Vista, and I've had none. I might've just been lucky or something, but it works fine with everything (especially my 8gb of ram :P)

XP 64bit has real lots of compatility issues since it's been designed for businesses.

 

 

 

Vista 64bit has no compatibility issues since it's been designed for personnal use, there's a difference.

I think there is some special folder in vista x64 don't know never personally used it.

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