APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP—but not time sensitive.
BUDGET: $100 to $200. I don’t want to spend more than necessary, but I also don’t want to waste money on something that doesn’t do a good job.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
Office (word, excel), graphics and CAD, some video and photo editing. Surfing.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
On board graphics-- Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4290 GPU
PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-650HX 650W RT
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
AMD PH II X6 1055T
MB ASUS|M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 RT
Mid size tower case
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon
PARTS PREFERENCES: ? assume ATI based graphics would be best for compatibility?
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION:
1920 x 1200, HannsG 28" Wide LCD Monitor
Plan to add two ~17” monitors.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
My goal is to set up a 3 independent monitor solution. I’m a consulting engineer and I will be doing a lot more work from home in the near future. To make that functional I need to set up my home office workstation better for work.
My main display is the 28” monitor which will be good for reviewing drawings or working on CAD drawings and/or documents. On either side I will have a widescreen monitor turned vertical in a similar resolution as the 28” display, meaning I want things to maintain the same scale from the main monitor to the auxiliary monitors.
I don’t play a lot of games on the PC at this time and don’t really expect to. The performance of the current graphics has been adequate for the things I do.
On the hardware side, I’d be happy to continue using the built-in graphics for the main monitor and use the card to add the other two monitors. If this is a bad idea, I’m not opposed to driving all 3 monitors from the new card.
Thanks for the input.
BUDGET: $100 to $200. I don’t want to spend more than necessary, but I also don’t want to waste money on something that doesn’t do a good job.
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT:
Office (word, excel), graphics and CAD, some video and photo editing. Surfing.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:
On board graphics-- Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4290 GPU
PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-650HX 650W RT
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS:
AMD PH II X6 1055T
MB ASUS|M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 RT
Mid size tower case
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon
PARTS PREFERENCES: ? assume ATI based graphics would be best for compatibility?
OVERCLOCKING: Yes / No / Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION:
1920 x 1200, HannsG 28" Wide LCD Monitor
Plan to add two ~17” monitors.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
My goal is to set up a 3 independent monitor solution. I’m a consulting engineer and I will be doing a lot more work from home in the near future. To make that functional I need to set up my home office workstation better for work.
My main display is the 28” monitor which will be good for reviewing drawings or working on CAD drawings and/or documents. On either side I will have a widescreen monitor turned vertical in a similar resolution as the 28” display, meaning I want things to maintain the same scale from the main monitor to the auxiliary monitors.
I don’t play a lot of games on the PC at this time and don’t really expect to. The performance of the current graphics has been adequate for the things I do.
On the hardware side, I’d be happy to continue using the built-in graphics for the main monitor and use the card to add the other two monitors. If this is a bad idea, I’m not opposed to driving all 3 monitors from the new card.
Thanks for the input.
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