I am looking to upgrade my GeForce FX5200 (1 DVI and 1 VGA) to something better as its starting to hurt when playing BF2: SF (nightvision, and elaborate buildings... rest works fine). I was looking for a dual DVI for a reasonable amount ($200ish). I am looking at a SAPPHIRE RADEON X800GTO2 which has 1 DVI and 1 VGA.

2 questions...
1. Can I run both cards, using each DVI to each of my monitors and still do dual monitors?
2. Can I do dual monitors on the X800GTO2 as easily as I can with the GeForce FX5200?

12/10/2005 10:24:38 AM

anyone?

12/10/2005 4:24:36 PM

Is your GeForce PCI or VGA?

12/10/2005 4:46:23 PM

I take you have one AGP slot. Thus, you'll have an AGP card and a PCI card. You can use two cards to use dual monitors. I recommend that both cards use the same drivers. Just make sure that your primary monitor is running off your AGP card. If both your monitors run DVI, I recommend a dual DVI card. There are lots of options. However, you might get better overall performance by building a new system. You'll spend less money in the long run.

12/10/2005 6:04:05 PM

^^card is VGA... but I just discovered I don't have a PCI Express slot

^what do you mean build a new system? I am looking to upgrade the system because I can't run PCI Express... but this might get pricey real quick.

12/11/2005 3:51:08 PM

do you have 2 DVI monitors? if not, I'm not sure why you'd want two cards...I have the x800XL 512 with 1 VGA and 1 DVI...but I have two VGA monitors...I just use the included adapter to run both monitors on one card.

12/11/2005 4:27:26 PM

i have 2 dvi LCDs

12/11/2005 5:49:21 PM

i used to have 3 dvi ports and 1 vga active for a while ~2yrs ago - i sold the crt right before this picture



it's def. possible

12/11/2005 6:00:40 PM