Need a card for two monitor display.

[DHFF]

Hello everyone,

I am building a workstation for my wife, she wont be gaming much but plans to use it for multi tasking a large number of office apps. she would like two displays rather then having one very large monitor and I am trying to find a descent priced/decent quality card.

The Rough basics include
CPU: Xeon 1230v3
RAM: G.Skills Aries 1600 (16GB)
MSI R7 1GB DDR5
Display: (2) 24" LED monitors

Will the card I have be sufficient for two displays?
Any input will be appreciated.

DHFF

 

[IInuyasha74]

Yes not sure which card you have exactly, R7 is a series of cards not a specific model, but any R7 card can run two monitors easily. Honestly its more power than you really need.

 

[DHFF]

This was the card I ws looking at: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127764
It was just a preliminary choice until I could get some solid recommendations.
I am glad to hear that you think its more then capable, while I don't need overkill, for under $100 I don't mind having something that can easily handle the task rather then getting a unit that can technically handle the load but only with a struggle.

I am trying to keep the whole rig under $1000 if I can help it and Graphics was where I had the most wiggle room because she doesn't game, needing duel displays however left me questioning how much I could skimp in the graphics department.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Well that graphics card can play games fairly well. Its a lot more power than she will ever need by a long time. It has more power than my laptop GPU and I have it do dual-monitors sometimes and play games on it.

Try this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202055

It is slower, cheaper, but its still more than enough performance. If she never plays games on it, she will never notice the difference in the two.

 

[DHFF]

Thanks for that, I will add it to my list. Of course my other...slightly more self serving option is to gift her my card and upgrade to this little guy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150706

 

[IInuyasha74]

Haha that is always a fun idea too. I can't begin to tell you how many computer parts I have bought, so I can give my little brother the old one for Christmas or birthday

 

[DHFF]

Yes it is a time honored Karma free way of rewarding yourself