24" Monitors on Nvidia Quadro NVS 285's?

gnome · Dec 10, 2007

I was reading a Newegg review of a 24" Planar where he said, "takes one heck of a video card to run it"...

Anybody running 2 x 24"ers on NVS 285 PCIEx16? Runs well, no problems?

TIA

lilboy716 · Dec 10, 2007

nvidia 8600gt, 2x 2560x1600

gnome · Dec 11, 2007

street carp · Dec 11, 2007

That quote might be in reference to needing a high end card to run games at the monitor's full resolution.

lilboy716 · Dec 11, 2007

you can use nvidia fx5200 to drive your 2 monitors... 24 is not big and its screen resolution(1920x1200) has been supported for years

gnome · Dec 11, 2007

Quote from lilboy716:

you can use nvidia fx5200 to drive your 2 monitors... 24 is not big and its screen resolution(1920x1200) has been supported for years

I don't want to use lowly fx5200's (or 8800GT's, either). 1920x1200 is the limit of DVI support on the 285's... I was just wondering if 24"ers ran well or had problems. 285's are perfect @ 1600x1200.

lilboy716 · Dec 11, 2007

you're going to run 4 screens? why dont u just get a motherboard & 2 pci express cards?

kenharhawk · Dec 11, 2007

Quote from gnome:

I don't want to use lowly fx5200's (or 8800GT's, either). 1920x1200 is the limit of DVI support on the 285's... I was just wondering if 24"ers ran well or had problems. 285's are perfect @ 1600x1200.

hi gnome, could you share what are the advantages of NVS285 over a lower end gaming card like 8600 with dual DVI output ?
Seems to me that the 8600 is a lot cheaper...

thanks

lilboy716 · Dec 12, 2007

lol, lower end gaming card

nvs285 is PCI-e x1

most pci express cards are x16.

16times performance by a function of the bus speed

Quote from kenharhawk:

hi gnome, could you share what are the advantages of NVS285 over a lower end gaming card like 8600 with dual DVI output ?
Seems to me that the 8600 is a lot cheaper...

thanks

gnome · Dec 12, 2007

Quote from kenharhawk:

hi gnome, could you share what are the advantages of NVS285 over a lower end gaming card like 8600 with dual DVI output ?
Seems to me that the 8600 is a lot cheaper...

thanks

Perhaps no significant display difference... but workstation cards (1) are passively cooled.. no noisy, cheesy fans (2) are built to last, and (3) are cheap, if bought used...

If your machine is for non-gaming, then workstation cards are a great choice. If you want "gaming + other", then you need the horsepower/heat/noisy fans of a gaming card.