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highstead   08-05-2009 at 02:03:53 AM

I'm hoping to upgrade to a new video card as that is the current bottle neck of my system. I'm running 2x 1920 by 1200 res on my monitors. I'm under the impression sli won't work with two monitors, but am wondering if perhaps i can dedicate 1 card to each monitor.

I've 2 cores, 4 gigs of ram, and am running XP for the time being. My computer is still running so i don't need this immediately and can wait if something new of significance is going to come out, or if prices are going to drop.

My goals here are to run two copies of wow, one on each monitor. I'm leaning towards Nvidia because the cards are supported better on ubuntu (or at least have been in the past). I'm hoping to avoid buying the "bleeding edge" cards.

Would i be better off with 1 really good card or two pretty good cards?
What kind of memory do i want on a card(s)?
Is there anything coming up on the horizon that will affect card pricing, and should i wait a bit before buying?
Anything else i should consider or any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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evongugg   08-05-2009 at 02:01:22 PM

SLI will not work on multiple monitors.
One video card with two ports will support two monitors.
You can extend the desktop onto 2 monitors.
Yes, Nvidia is better for Linux.
For Linux I'd recommend a 9800 GT.

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strangestranger   08-05-2009 at 02:43:07 PM

SLi supports running with dual monitors.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1438774

Not sure one how your own situation would work though.

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highstead   08-05-2009 at 02:50:01 PM

So what about allocating 1 video card to each monitor, is this possible? is this beneficial or would i be better off getting 1 really solid video card.

I'm also under the impression i should be looking at higher memory cards due to the resolutions i run at. How high?

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highstead   08-05-2009 at 08:54:02 PM

Anyone have an opinion on one really good card versus two okay cards? Be it SLI or individual each?

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