Dual displays with dual DVI SLI?

[kylebisme]

Yeah, but there is a difference between saying "Big Macs suck" and Big Macs suck, of course as they are from McDonalds." The first just conveys that you don't like Big Macs and the later implies that you have something agaisnt McDonalds in general.

 

[imported_BikeDude]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Your problem might lie in the fact that you need dual-link DVI to drive such a large display. Make sure that both DVI ports are Dual-Link.

AFAIK the only GeForce 6x00 based card that features dual-link DVI outputs is the Apple 6800 Ultra card (which for some reason doesn't come with a PC compatible BIOS). Has the situation changed recently? (someone mentioned that the 512MB model might support dual-link?)

I'd like to throw money at a high resolution LCD monitor, but I refuse to buy an expensive Quadro to drive it... (well, I might be tempted if the Quadro has twice the performance of a 6800 Ultra, but that's not the case, now is it?)

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: BikeDude

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Your problem might lie in the fact that you need dual-link DVI to drive such a large display. Make sure that both DVI ports are Dual-Link.

AFAIK the only GeForce 6x00 based card that features dual-link DVI outputs is the Apple 6800 Ultra card (which for some reason doesn't come with a PC compatible BIOS). Has the situation changed recently? (someone mentioned that the 512MB model might support dual-link?)

I'd like to throw money at a high resolution LCD monitor, but I refuse to buy an expensive Quadro to drive it... (well, I might be tempted if the Quadro has twice the performance of a 6800 Ultra, but that's not the case, now is it?)

This is completely irrelavent because I sold the 30" ACD but to answer your question the Dell 6800 GTO and PNY 6600GT are both dual link. Of three 6800 GTO's I bought two are actually rebadged quadro 3400's, and unlock/overclock to ultra specs.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Well SLI is an Nvidia trademark. I could complain about a Big Mac without mentioning McDonalds but it's ostensibly the same.

It is? I ran 2 Voodoo2's in SLI in college. I would have figured it was a 3DFX trademark if anything.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Well SLI is an Nvidia trademark. I could complain about a Big Mac without mentioning McDonalds but it's ostensibly the same.

It is? I ran 2 Voodoo2's in SLI in college. I would have figured it was a 3DFX trademark if anything.

Nvidia bought 3dfx.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: BouZouki
I like how people defend SLi.

Well it is easy to defend it agasint such an absurd complaint.

And for someone who proports to be intelligent and knowledgable, I find it massively amusing this thread even exists. I think it was an opportunity (or an attempt at) to throw stones at nVidia.

Toddle your little ATi fanboi asses elsewhere, and when you find you have the same results with their solution, the rest of us will laugh at you.

You're a little paranoid- You're the only one to mention ATI in this thread. I could care less who makes my hardware, I only care that it works.

This thread exists because the hardware that I own doesn't function the way I would like it to. You seem to have a real problem with people expressing their opinions when they don't mirror your own. Instead of adding value you drop in, piss all over the place and pet your ego like it's mister bigglesworth.

The only "fanboi" I see here is you.

I'm not paranoid at all. I'm taking previous comments made by you, bud. As I've stated many times over, I have just as many ATi cards as I do nVidia ones, and I have no bias to either company, but I *will* run what's best at any given time. If that makes me a fanboi, then I'm a fanboi of both.

Now that's just silly, wouldn't you say?

Sit down, and take your petty arguments elsewhere.

 

[arcenite]

Did someone throw a Big Mac at your car?

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: BouZouki
I like how people defend SLi.

Well it is easy to defend it agasint such an absurd complaint.

And for someone who proports to be intelligent and knowledgable, I find it massively amusing this thread even exists. I think it was an opportunity (or an attempt at) to throw stones at nVidia.

Toddle your little ATi fanboi asses elsewhere, and when you find you have the same results with their solution, the rest of us will laugh at you.

You're a little paranoid- You're the only one to mention ATI in this thread. I could care less who makes my hardware, I only care that it works.

This thread exists because the hardware that I own doesn't function the way I would like it to. You seem to have a real problem with people expressing their opinions when they don't mirror your own. Instead of adding value you drop in, piss all over the place and pet your ego like it's mister bigglesworth.

The only "fanboi" I see here is you.

I'm not paranoid at all. I'm taking previous comments made by you, bud. As I've stated many times over, I have just as many ATi cards as I do nVidia ones, and I have no bias to either company, but I *will* run what's best at any given time. If that makes me a fanboi, then I'm a fanboi of both.

Now that's just silly, wouldn't you say?

Sit down, and take your petty arguments elsewhere.

That's funny. I noticed you took out your photos of the 60 rigs "you own" because they were, in reality, a snapshot of that hole that Sony sticks you in to test hardware.

I would assert anyone pretending to pass off the sony hardware compatibility lab as their own property is probably mentally ill or is one of those uber-nerds that thinks cool hardware is an extension of their e-penis.

My previous comments were based on hardware I purchased and found not to meet my needs. You're the one that continues to try to bend it towards some bizarre fanboi agenda.

Now piss off Ronin, you never add value to my threads, you're always just stirring the pot.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: arcenite
Did someone throw a Big Mac at your car?

:beer:

 

[EvilRage]

One of the things I do before I drop a whole lot of cash is I research. Research, research, research. I figure before I give away my hard-earned money, I'm going to find out whether or not it's worth it to pay for what I want, is it reasonable, does it do what I want it to do, and what kind of value will it add to my life.

You, on the other hand, appear to take a "pin the tail on the donkey" approach to buying hardware. A few minutes on google, maybe even less searching this forum, would have told you that SLI is having issues running multiple monitor configurations. So what do you do? You buy a second monitor first, figure out it doesn't work, and then chastise NVidia for not supporting more than 1 monitor in SLI.

While I agree that NVidia's support for SLI is spotty when moving to advanced configurations, there is no excuse for someone who fails to research a product before they buy it. It sounds to me like someone doesn't want to take responsiblity for their own mistakes. Maybe the money you've lost over this has taught you a lesson: research what you want to do before you invest your money in it. It'll save you headaches like this (and the ACD headache you had earlier) and cost you nothing but a few minutes' time.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: iwearnosox

Originally posted by: Ronin

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: BouZouki
I like how people defend SLi.

Well it is easy to defend it agasint such an absurd complaint.

And for someone who proports to be intelligent and knowledgable, I find it massively amusing this thread even exists. I think it was an opportunity (or an attempt at) to throw stones at nVidia.

Toddle your little ATi fanboi asses elsewhere, and when you find you have the same results with their solution, the rest of us will laugh at you.

You're a little paranoid- You're the only one to mention ATI in this thread. I could care less who makes my hardware, I only care that it works.

This thread exists because the hardware that I own doesn't function the way I would like it to. You seem to have a real problem with people expressing their opinions when they don't mirror your own. Instead of adding value you drop in, piss all over the place and pet your ego like it's mister bigglesworth.

The only "fanboi" I see here is you.

I'm not paranoid at all. I'm taking previous comments made by you, bud. As I've stated many times over, I have just as many ATi cards as I do nVidia ones, and I have no bias to either company, but I *will* run what's best at any given time. If that makes me a fanboi, then I'm a fanboi of both.

Now that's just silly, wouldn't you say?

Sit down, and take your petty arguments elsewhere.

That's funny. I noticed you took out your photos of the 60 rigs "you own" because they were, in reality, a snapshot of that hole that Sony sticks you in to test hardware.

I would assert anyone pretending to pass off the sony hardware compatibility lab as their own property is probably mentally ill or is one of those uber-nerds that thinks cool hardware is an extension of their e-penis.

My previous comments were based on hardware I purchased and found not to meet my needs. You're the one that continues to try to bend it towards some bizarre fanboi agenda.

Now piss off Ronin, you never add value to my threads, you're always just stirring the pot.

Petty arguments, as always, that don't validate a damn thing you say, or your original little bitchfest.

You did no research, you didn't spent ANY time looking into your purchase, and you whined like a little child. That has no bearing on anything but you and your lack of intelligence.

Your crass, illogical thought flow in this thread is a joke. You need to go back on your meds, bud.

You have no respect from anyone here, and posts (as well as flames) just bolster that. Keep your mouth closed (or your fingers from typing) and go waste someone else's life.