davefromlondon
I have 2 vid cards one in pci and other in pci E slot - both ATI Radeon.
external VGA splitter works fine on pci card but freezes entire system on pci E card - any ideas ?
davefromlondon
external VGA splitter works fine on pci card but freezes entire system on pci E card - any ideas ?
davefromlondon
Inviato Fri 03 Mar 06 @ 6:19 pm
PCGumshoe
I'll bite... WHY IN THE HECK....
What is the purpose of the PCI video card?!?!?!
Your PCI E card should have DUAL output and if you are like most people... a VIDEO output...
ATI in PCIE is odd choice, however, as NVidia developed the source (as I understand)...
PCI SHOULD make your computer say, "What the F*@K are you thinking..." In my opinion...
Pull that PCI card, put it in your mother's computer and just deal what your PCIE ONLY.
What is the purpose of the PCI video card?!?!?!
Your PCI E card should have DUAL output and if you are like most people... a VIDEO output...
ATI in PCIE is odd choice, however, as NVidia developed the source (as I understand)...
PCI SHOULD make your computer say, "What the F*@K are you thinking..." In my opinion...
Pull that PCI card, put it in your mother's computer and just deal what your PCIE ONLY.
Inviato Sat 04 Mar 06 @ 5:46 am
Dj Xeo
doing anything demanding with a PCI graphics card in a modern system is asking for trouble. most notably in this case because you have a system that has both PCI and PCIE meaning that the PCI bus will be tacked on the side, probably via the northbridge instead of a dedicated bus for convenience and not be up to the job.
dont think nvidia made PCIE, it was a standard created by a large consortium of bodies i think. ATI PCIE cards should work just as well as nvidia. aside from ATI drivers are crap lol (i know ive got one :P)
dont think nvidia made PCIE, it was a standard created by a large consortium of bodies i think. ATI PCIE cards should work just as well as nvidia. aside from ATI drivers are crap lol (i know ive got one :P)
Inviato Sat 04 Mar 06 @ 7:05 am
davefromlondon
Reason for 2 cards: I want 4 head / 4 seperate monitors ( 1 for vdj, 2 LCD 21" screen for video and 1 video projector - I want the ability to pun different feeds on each monitor. I cant find a 4 head PCI E vid card . Ideally I would buy a custom motherboard with 2 x pci E slots but I just have 1 pci E slot so must use PCI. PCI works good for vdj - I run video via the PCI E cards. By the way - I tried 2 x nvidia cards and they froze the system - ATI worked 1st time
Inviato Mon 06 Mar 06 @ 12:46 am
kamakuakane
davefromlondon,
you could try the new asus motherboard, P5WD2-E Premium, it has dual pcie slots. You can most likely use these two slots seperately if you buy cards that don't support ati's crossfire.
you could try the new asus motherboard, P5WD2-E Premium, it has dual pcie slots. You can most likely use these two slots seperately if you buy cards that don't support ati's crossfire.
Inviato Mon 06 Mar 06 @ 4:24 am
davefromlondon
i also just found the matrox 4 head pci express card at $800 - I think I'll keep my ati pci E 2 head and my ati pci 2 head - I can clone ACCROSS the 2 cards so I run projector from 1 pci E head and a splitter to 2 LCD pannel from the other pci E head - I run VDJ from the pci head
Inviato Mon 06 Mar 06 @ 8:48 pm