AGP and PCI need advice

Quote from Arnie:

I couldn't find a 7000 or 7500 like gnome suggested, but I did find this one.........any thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-Desk...776461547QQcategoryZ80184QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Should be OK so long as it's NOT a 3rd-party card. You don't want it to be anything other than *genuine* ATI to use in a multi-card setup.... no HIS, Sapphire, Best or any other 3rd party maker. You don't want the box to say *powered by ATI/Radeon*.... 3rd party card driver issues can be a real mess in multi-card.
 
kowboy and gnome,

would I be better off just getting a new quad head card? I run LCD's (Dell, not HD). Seems like I could end up spending money on another PCI card and still not have it work right. Thanks.
 
A quad is going to be very expensive unless you get one used off of eBay.

Adding a card is not a problem so long as you avoid known troubles. I'm currently running 3 cards + TV tuner. I've run 4 cards before too.
 
i bot a computer with a built in ATI X300... I ran it successfully with my dual head nvidia 5200 PCI before for a total of 3 screens.


then I bot another PCIe nvidia 6600gt to fill the gap & had the onboard ATI turned off...


so it is possible to run two different brand of video cards together.
 
What if I just swap out and get 2 Nvidia cards? It's either that or I have to get a new MB with PCI Express slots. This is a real cluster f***:mad:
 
Quote from Arnie:

What if I just swap out and get 2 Nvidia cards? It's either that or I have to get a new MB with PCI Express slots. This is a real cluster f***:mad:
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Easiest and least costly... add 2 Xpert128 PCI singlehead cards, if you have 2 PCI slots open.
 
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