dual-head PCIe

[bigshow]

I'm trying to buy a dual-head (as in dual vga port) graphics card with a PCI Express interface... but I can't find any at all. Does such a thing exist? If not, is there any way I can get a time scale on being able to get one? TBH I don't care whether it's nVidia or ATI chipset, or whether it's £50 or £500, I just need one.... like yesterday! If any of you guys could point me in the right direction I'd be much obliged.

bigshow

 

[rbV5]

Aren't they almost all that configuration? You're still good if they have DVI-I (actually better) since it will support either DVI-D or VGA and most ship with the adaptor.

 

[bigshow]

hmmm I was mislead to believe that dual-head was some other mythical beast.... on to my next minor problem, it seems the slot in my dell gx280 is a "low profile" PCIe port, does that mean anything to anybody?

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: bigshow
hmmm I was mislead to believe that dual-head was some other mythical beast.... on to my next minor problem, it seems the slot in my dell gx280 is a "low profile" PCIe port, does that mean anything to anybody?

The only thing I can think of is that it might be located extremely close to another slot (PCI/AGP) and that you might not be able to share the adjacent slot with another card.

 

[bigshow]

no, it's actually "low profile" as in half the height of a normal slot, where can I get hold of a card like that?!!

 

[Matthias99]

There are a few out there, but they're all really slow cards. You might be able to find a RADEON X300 half-height, or maybe a GeForce 6200.

this one should fit. If you search you might be able to find a few more.

Edit: Hmm. They don't seem to have dual-head half-height cards, though. Couldn't you just use a PCI graphics card?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
There are a few out there, but they're all really slow cards. You might be able to find a RADEON X300 half-height, or maybe a GeForce 6200.

this one should fit. If you search you might be able to find a few more.

Edit: Hmm. They don't seem to have dual-head half-height cards, though. Couldn't you just use a PCI graphics card?

No the PCI slots are half-height also. I used a bunch of Dells like this at work.

You could use a card like that Sapphire Mathias99 used if you have a replacement bracket for it (you have to unscrew the old one by unscrewing the bolts next to the VGA plug).

Otherwise, don't buy Dell next time .