Radeon 9700 Pro with DUAL DVI ?

[mfavin]

I haven't heard of anybody making one yet. I have Gainward Geforce 4 TI4600, and it's the only GF4 that has 2 DVI outs.
As I run 2 Dell 2000FPs, there's no way I'd want to run one monitor with DVI and the other with crappy analog (Yes, there is a HUGE difference.)

 

[PCMarine]

From a Review of a 9700 Pro

Because this card is built exactly like ATI's own, Crucial doesn't offer the dual-DVI outputs I long for in an ATI-based graphics card. I have yet to see any manufacturer offer dual DVI ports on an ATI-based graphics card. You can get dual DVI ports with workstation-class FireGL cards, but those are quite a bit more expensive than even a Radeon 9700 Pro. I can only hope that at least one manufacturer will stick its neck out and offer a dual-DVI Radeon as DVI-equipped LCDs become more popular.

However, I do think you can buy a PCI card which outputs DVI and you can use that in conjunction with your main card; however I don't know if there would be a quality difference between the two.

 

[mfavin]

Yeah, that wouldn't work.

I don't understand why there aren't more dual DVI outs.. even the Parahelia has it. Also, there's no great technical difference in having a second DVI out..

 

[PCMarine]

More people use analog CRT monitors than people that use dual DVI LCD's. However I do agree with you as companies should move to dual-DVI and just provide a DVI-to-Analog adapter for the CRT users.