Hi, I have just bought a Dell XPS 8500 and two Crossover 27" 2560x1440 monitors. The XPS comes with a Geforce GT 620 and only one DVI slot. The Crossover monitors only accept DVI-D dual link connectors and do not work with port converters. I bought a GT 610 off of newegg thinking its two DVI outputs would be perfect two run my two monitors. Apparently, the card does not support full 2560x1440 coming out of both DVI outputs at the same time? To add to the problem, the XPS 8500 only has one PCIe x 16 slot. So I can't run both video cards at the same time since they both require PCIe x 16. The XPS does have 3 PCIe x 1 slots, I don't think the Crossover will work with a PCIe x 1 video card.
I haven't received any of the hardware yet, so this is just my understanding based on google searches that I've done. Can anyone recommend a solution for me? I will be doing no gaming whatsoever, so I just want the cheapest solution. It seems there is very little documentation anywhere on videocard makers' websites to help me.
Thanks!!
I haven't received any of the hardware yet, so this is just my understanding based on google searches that I've done. Can anyone recommend a solution for me? I will be doing no gaming whatsoever, so I just want the cheapest solution. It seems there is very little documentation anywhere on videocard makers' websites to help me.
Thanks!!