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February 20th, 2008, 11:53 PM
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Re: OT: Deciding on a new graphics card
About $200 max - But there's probably a point where the money/bells-and-whistles ratio makes it inneficient to add more of the former. 
So I could buy a PCE-E 2.0 card and it would work with the PCI-E 1.0 slot?
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February 21st, 2008, 12:40 AM
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Re: OT: Deciding on a new graphics card
I'm currently looking at this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130319
Can it support two monitors?
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February 21st, 2008, 01:09 AM
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Re: OT: Deciding on a new graphics card
99% of video cards these days have two VGA or DVI (simple, bundled adapter to connect VGA monitor here) outputs. Even budget-range 8xxx cards have em (though they might cheap out with DVI + VGA). For the card you linked, look at the Specifications tab; it shows 2 DVI under Ports. You can also see on the picture that it has 2 DVI ports, as well as a S-Video out.
The 8800GT 512MB is a very solid card, and about the most expensive card you'll get before the price/performance ratio starts going to infinity.
"So I could buy a PCE-E 2.0 card and it would work with the PCI-E 1.0 slot? "
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February 21st, 2008, 02:36 AM
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Re: OT: Deciding on a new graphics card
Thanks, all. Looks like I found my new card.
One question left: How long until the price goes down, or has it already gone down?
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February 21st, 2008, 02:49 AM
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Re: OT: Deciding on a new graphics card
That's about how much a 8800GT 512MB cost back in December (though you had to find it on sale or pay an extra $40).
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