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02/08/2006 08:49:42 PM · #1 |
I am planning to have a new computer made for me. Any recommendations as for a video card (which would support two monitors), and the monitors themselves? I know that expensive parts may be better, but I have a budget for this computer (1500 CAN $). It will only be used for photos and photoshop.
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02/08/2006 09:08:10 PM · #2 |
I have a triple monitor setup, the first video card is integrated, and the dual card is a NVIDA GeForce FX 5200. I still use my old 15" Dell Monitor, b/c I was too cheap to purchase a 3rd, new monitor when I upgraded, but for the other two, I bought Samsung 17" Dyna Flat CRTs from Sam's Club. They were pretty cheap, but I tested them out and they've worked great for me.
Overall this was a really cheap setup. The card was about $75, and the monitors were $100 ea.
Hope this helps! |
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02/08/2006 09:11:00 PM · #3 |
I love my X800GT 256MO from sapphire as video card. If you don't need 3D power the 128MB version would be more than enough. For a monitors, considering your budget, I'd stay away from LCD. CRT's just give you more picture quality for your $$$. Another problem is that nobody make good crt's these days. almost all the very good budget ones (like mine) have benn discontinued. I'd look for a (not too much) used REAL flat CRT. Remember that most "flat" CRT's are just regular ones with some flat glass put in front of it. An advice if you buy a custom made computer, don't try to save a single penny on power supply or someday you may regret it for your entire life having lost ten's of thousand of irreplaceable photo. At least 1GB of fast RAM for photoshop and... coooooooooling!!! with a high performance PC you need a case that have a fan in the door. you'll have one on your cpu and one on your graphic card. Another one on the power supply. I personnally added a fan case in the back of it and a pci fan between the firewire card and the graphic card. The sond of the computer is loud but it's still running a little hot. Remember that the cooler the parts are the better and the faster they run and they run for a longer time. Hope this help.
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02/08/2006 11:18:23 PM · #4 |
Hey Art are you building your own by picking up pieces or is someone building it for you?
BFG makes some decent nVidia ports like the FX 6200 OC (this has 256M)
In the nVidia world I wouldn't go anything less than a GeForce 5700 Ultra, for those that believe they will only be doing photos the MX4000 is a vert good dual-head entry level "desktop" type card.
There are plenty of Companies OEM'n ATI Radeons that would fit the bill.
If you are having someone build one for you
Monarch Computers has a configurator page you can play around on to see how much you will (should) be sending.
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02/09/2006 12:39:03 AM · #5 |
this is out of topic but when i read about TRYALS15's setup using 3 monitors, i immediately thought of what it could do... playing simulators! :p
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