Which is the Better Dual Setting? Please Help!

[cokeboy]

I am trying to figure out which setting gives me better performance and better stability on dual monitor setting.

1) BFG GeForce OC 128MB AGP Video Card (6600GT)
2) AIW 9800 PRO 256MB AGP + Diamond Stealth Radeon 128MB PCI


Please help me out. I will appreciate any help.

 

[cokeboy]

Please help me out. I need to make a decision today...

 

[ShortyNumber45]

either of those are good. But the 9800 PRO is far better than the 6600 GT especially on higher resolutions.

 

[trunks512]

if you can afford dual monitor
put in a little extra and get the 6800 GS

 

[cokeboy]

Thanks for all the replies.

Actually, I have already brought all those video cards. I am planning to have two computers running the dual monitor setting. Just that, I would want to place the better combo onto my new system, and the other onto my old system.

Which setting will fit my new system better?

My New System:

AMD 64 Dual Core 3800+
2G DDR400 Dual Channel
250G HD


Thanks guys.

 

[ShortyNumber45]

like I've said the 9800 PRO is better it will kick the 6600 GT's butt, so pick it up and put it in your new system.

 

[cokeboy]

Will two video card setting reduce the stability of my new system? or will it increase the stability?

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Will two video card setting reduce the stability of my new system? or will it increase the stability?

IMO GF6600GT would be faster, and having a single card solution is always preferable even though there aren't many issues worth noting for stability using two, just some BIOS and Windows settings to ensure are working.

Both will do the job, the biggest difference is where do you want to put the AIW capabilities IMO.

Depending on how serious you are about multi-monitor you might also want to check using UltraMon for added features.

 

[cokeboy]

Will Stealth ATI Radeon 7000 64MB TV-Out/DVI Graphics Card work well with AIW 9800 Pro? Someone told me it's best to get at least 128MB PCI card to go with AIW 9800 Pro, because the MB difference is smaller, thus more stability.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

The memory won't matter as they do not share the memory.

For desktop use in XP and under it won't matter one bit. You'll just want at least enough to display 2D @ the same resolution and a 16MB card, heck even 8MB card should be able to handle that. Like my 16MB PCI AIW did with the 128MB R9600Pro. The main interest will be the RAMDACs and for 400MHZ you'd want an R7500 and above, but since they don't share that either, it doesn't matter either except for the display quality to the monitor itself.

Won't matter one wit, but keeping ATI with ATi and nV with nV is usually a good thing so even a 32MB R7000/7200, etc will be fine IMO.

 

[cokeboy]

Thanks. I guess I will go for Stealth ATI Radeon 7000 64MB instead. Thanks a lot.

So everyone agrees that I should install 6600GT onto my new system, and Radeon 7000 + AIW 9800 Pro onto my old system?