Graphics card that supports dual-dvi with minimal effort
Right now I am using a Sparkle 7300 SE with Snow Leopard, works great but I need to go to upgrade to a card that supports dual DVI for a dual display system. I don't play games, just like the OS to be smooth. Any recs on a card that works…
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- @aphex Published 2010-02-09
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Right now I am using a Sparkle 7300 SE with Snow Leopard, works great but I need to go to upgrade to a card that supports dual DVI for a dual display system.
I don't play games, just like the OS to be smooth.
Any recs on a card that works with snow leopard with dual DVI with minimal effort?
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@aphexRight now I am using a Sparkle 7300 SE with Snow Leopard, works great but I need to go to upgrade to a card that supports dual DVI for a dual display system. I don't play games, just like the OS to be smooth. Any recs on a card that works with snow leopard with dual DVI with minimal effort?
A Nvidia card with 2 DVI ports, something like a 9800/GTS250
you still wont get mirroring, but you can have 2 separate displays
How would I set up such a display? I'm having problems setting it up. I have a dual DVI compatible video card. It's an NVidia, but when I plug in the other monitor to the video card it doesn't work. (One does though.) How can I make this work?!
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @aphex | Primary Author | 1 | 2010-02-09 |
| @will1384 | Contributor | 1 | 2010-02-09 |
| @fretsonfire | Contributor | 1 | 2010-02-19 |