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Adrian Midgley wrote: > 2009/6/8 Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > > The Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a dual GPU card, i.e. two graphics chips > on one > card (rather than using two graphics cards in cross-fire or SLI mode). > It's more for the gamers. By the sounds of the motherboard I'd > say it's > a server board? > > > It is. Dell Poweredge 1800. > I could retire it upstairs to keep the loft warm, and run a desktop > now though. I'll have a look inside one of those. > > > > > You may find that this card may not physically fit. Generally these > cards need an x16 slot (although each GPU runs in x8 mode). > > > Yep, slot is a small one. The G550 is 8x and fills it. > > > > Looking around this NVidia Quatro card seems like it will do the > job and > it uses a x1 PCI-E slot (you can fit a x1 or x4 card in an x8 or > x16 slot): > > *http://tinyurl.com/ltd4ur > > It's about £120 and according to the information it will run two > monitors... "*Two VGA connectors, via the included DMS-59 to dual VGA > adaptor cable, offer outstanding image quality at resolutions up > to 2048 > x 1536 at 85Hz." > * > > > That looks good. I also like the passive cooling. > It'd need the DMS-59 to 2*DVI adapter cable, but that is a small matter. > > > > > Or you can pick up the same card from eBuyer.com for a tenner cheaper > and you get free delivery within 5 days too (although > from experience, most of the time if you order something on their free > delivery it usually turns up within 2 working days) - > http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145351 > > > Thanks. > No problem, I got the impression that the cable came with the card but I could be wrong. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html