Work computer... Dual 24" LCD Slow Graphics

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divide_by_0

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I will try and make it quick...

built a system for work (in sales, you are kind of on your own...). Used a Gigabyte AM3+ board, 16 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3, AMD 1090T chip (not overclocked... but occasionally I run it up a bit), dual Seagate 1TB drives in RAID...

I never thought I would be pushing the limits on graphics as my work computer sees TONS of Office, lots of PDF's and occasional DXF/DWG files, so I went CHEAP with an 8400 GS 128 MB video card to run BOTH 24" LCD monitors at 1080 resolution.

Now, when I flip through large DXF or PDF files, the video is VERY slow. I suspect I will see vast improvements going to ANY other video card (5670/6670/6770)... but would like to make the upgrade relatively painless (dollar-wise).

I have a couple of 6670 Gigabyte cards in my cart at Newegg... (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125375) any strong opinions if this will speed up my response?

thx gents (and ladies)!!!
 
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Don't bother crossfiring. A single 6670 should suite your needs, even if you add a third monitor. The 8400GS is probably struggling because it's really slow (probably worse than current gen on-board) and due to the extremely low video ram. 1920x2160 may be too much for it, even in 2D.

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Don't bother crossfiring. A single 6670 should suite your needs, even if you add a third monitor. The 8400GS is probably struggling because it's really slow (probably worse than current gen on-board) and due to the extremely low video ram. 1920x2160 may be too much for it, even in 2D.
 
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