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--- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "fluppeteer" <yahoo@...> wrote:
\n>
\n> --- In IBM_T2X_LCD@yahoogroups.com, "educationk12" <educationk12@>
\n> wrote:
\n> >
\n> > Back to the drawing board. I'm looking at the FX1500 vs. the FX3500
\n> > graphics cards to purchase. They both have 2x dual-link, both are
\n> > 256MB and strangely they have nearly identical bandwidth.
\n> >
\n> > http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html
\n> >
\n> > I like these cards because of the following 3 reasons:
\n> >
\n> > 1. They have 2x dual-link DVI heads (want to run 2 DG5s)
\n> > 2. They are FX Quadros that claim in their specs that they will do
\n> > "3840x2400 at 24Hz on each panel" (fingers crossed).
\n> > 3. They only take up 1 PCIe slot (very important to me)
\n> >
\n> > Which card is most likely to do 3840x2400 at 24Hz on each panel? I'm
\n> > thinking I should get the more expensive FX3500 despite the fact that
\n> > the FX1500 has nearly identical bandwidth as the FX3500 (in fact the
\n> > FX1500 has considerably more than the FX3450), but I wanted to see
\n> > what people thought first.
\n>
\n> I was about to say "but the 3500 is a G70", but according to
\n> RojakPot it's not, so I'll eat humble pie. I don't see why
\n> it shouldn't work, but then I don't know why your current
\n> setup (with the DVI Detectives) is stuck at 1920x1200 either.
\n>
\n> > I don't plan to buy just one. I am considering buying either two _or_
\n> > four of these graphic cards to run off one _or_ two computers.
\n> >
\n> > Thanks,
\n>
\n> I realise this seems to be an alien concept, but what say you
\n> get ONE and see whether it works before you buy lots of them?
\n> (Ideally, find someone who's got one to lend it to you - or
\n> find a retailer who'll sell you one and ask to give it a try,
\n> even if you have to take the monitor to them.) Not that I'm
\n> free of guilt when it comes to owning computer equipment that
\n> I've not got around to using (lots of elderly computer games,
\n> some laptops, spaceballs, haptic feedback devices - all queued
\n> up for when I get around to having some time off), but you do
\n> seem slightly scarily willing to buy equipment before you're
\n> sure that it's going to be useful to you.
\n>
\n> Not that it's not an enviable strategy to be able to employ,
\n> or any of my business to advise you away from, but I really
\n> worry that you're going to bankrupt yourself before you can
\n> report to any of the rest of us what works!
\n>
\n> Good luck with it, though. You would seem to be due for
\n> something to work first time.
\n>
\n> --
\n> Fluppeteer
\n>