Graphics card question... X1300 Pro 256mb

[Vogel515]

Would anyone recommend running this to support dual 19" Dell Ultrasharps?

If was I going to upgrade what would be recommended? I'm thinking something with a similar power draw.

Any idea how much I could sell this card for?

 

[2Dead]

That's the card dell is offering for dual monitor setups. In fact, its the one I requested with a new work setup along with another Dell 19" Ultrasharp to go along with my other one.

I'd think that for office stuff, it would work fine.

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: TrandM
That's the card dell is offering for dual monitor setups. In fact, its the one I requested with a new work setup along with another Dell 19" Ultrasharp to go along with my other one.

I'd think that for office stuff, it would work fine.

:thumbsup:

 

[BladeVenom]

What types of programs are you going to be running?

 

[Vogel515]

Hey thanks for the replies.

I will mostly be running office applications / development programs. I would like to have the ability to play games and watch movies at reasonable resolutions as well.

 

[Captante]

Any modern dual-head graphics card including the X1300 will do a decent job in 2D business applications & standard definition movies should be fine too, but gaming performance in any newer game is going to be very poor with that model unless you run at very low detail settings.
If you want decent framerates in newer games I'd suggest stepping up to either an X1650XT at minimum or better yet an X1950 Pro in the ATI camp. Also note that I've had better results with Nvidia using dual moniters so you could also go with either a 7600GT or better yet a 7900GS & you will have the additional benefit of Pure-Video support for movies.

 

[BladeVenom]

You'll need something better to play games. A Nvidia 8800GTS would be really great for gaming. AMD/ATI is going to be releasing their next generation of video cards in a few weeks. You might want to wait and see what they have to offer.