Have important ? About Grafix for our pcs

[ninmario4life]

Hi guys i have a important question,me and my girlfriend have xfx 780i motherboards and have crossairs hx 620 watt power suppleys now the question is should we get the nvidia 9800 gx2 or should we wait for the ati 4870x2 card to come out and get that instead?i really want to get a card that has a built in hdmi port that is why i am asking this question.Also we have LG 24 inch monitors with ultrafine 10,000:1 contrast ratio and 1920 x 1200 resolution.Thanks!

 

[ninmario4life]

Help plz

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

They both have HDMI. Obviously the 4xxx series isnt out yet (maybe May,for sure June) but since itll be a whole new archetecture everyone expects it to outperform the GTX2.

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Now is no the time to spend $600 dollars on a card that doesn't even have DX 10.1 support. Wait and see what we get this summer.

 

[dev1se]

I think this guy just wants to brag that he has all this high spec equipment, aswell as managing to hold down a relationship.

We didnt need to know all the Ultrafine business but... nonetheless... if you're using these machines for gaming then go for a GX2 that has HDMI.

At least then you have the option of Quad SLi at a later date... seeing as though you have a money tree in bloom at the bottom of your garden.

 

[jay2tall]

If you have a 780I mobo why not just get 2 8800GTS 512 cards? Don't bother with the highend overpriced single cards.

Why does it need an HDMI connector?

 

[ninmario4life]

i have a hdtv that has hdmi inputs and i like to have the latest tech.my plan is to use the dvi out for my monitor and use the hdmi out to send the audio and video to my lcd tv.i strictcly have all my vide game systems hooked up to it and plan on using my pc on it also.i have a seperate tv for our fios tv.this way if my nephew wants to plan a game on my pc he can use the monitor and i can use the lcd or vice versa.i know that dvi is compatable with hdmi but it only carrries the video and not audio wich im shure u all know and i dont want to get into getting extra equiment.yes i know i could do sli with 2 8800gts's but they dont have hdmi.i think i might wait and see like LAN_deRf_HA said.thats real funny dev1se not.i do not brag like you say unlinke ppl on newegg that have to insert there whole pc specs in custemore reviews just to show off now thats bragging.but i apriciate you help guys.thanks a bunch guys.oh yeah i like your pic with the ps3 dev1se now thats funny.lol.

 

[4745454b]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but not all 8 series cards support HDMI. Not sure if this has been fixed with the 9 series. If you want to use dual monitors, you should go with AMD. Nvidia's SLI tech doesn't support dual screens. AMD doesn't either, but it at least will automatically turn off the second screen if you load up a video game. (if you go SLI, then you'll have to do it yourself.) Based off of this, I'd get either a single card, or the 3870x2/4870x2. (AMD's cards don't support DMI "natively", but it should come with that neat adapter.)

 

[ninmario4life]

good point 4745454b.now lets say i have that 9800gx2 with my moniotor setup as primary and my lcd tv setup as secondary would my pc beable to show the video still if i were to lets say take it to our family room where we also have a hdtv with hdmi inputs and i hooked it up with a hdmi cable using the hdmi out,would i beable to use that tv as a monitor or would it screw up and not show anything because of it being set up like i said before with the monitor and lcd?

 

[4745454b]

First, the 9800GX2 does natively support DMI. I couldn't see anything about SLI/dual screens however. There don't appear to be many reviews out right now (though I didn't spend a lot of time looking...) so you might want to wait for a bit.

 

[sunny27]

if you need a card with hdmi connector options try looking at this 9600gt http://www.techtree.com/India/Reviews/Palit_9600GT_Sonic/551-87828-537.html
connect 2 of them in sli and it should outperform a single 8800gtx.

 

[leo2kp]

GX2 supports dual-GPU and dual-monitor mode. you can opt to split the card and use 2 monitors using the two individual cards.

 

[ninmario4life]

yea 4745454b hopefully the new ati 4870x2 will support dmi and dual screens when it is realeased.maybe waiting will be worth it.