128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card
can that run dual monitors???
can that run dual monitors???
Yes, but not for gaming
is it better than nividia 6800??
no 6800 is better (more memory)Jackabo wrote:
is it better than nividia 6800??
Tell us what you are doing with the two monitors
Last edited by Kurazoo (2008-01-13 15:00:26)
the only real games i play or COD and wow and atm im running an ati radeon x300 with 128mb of memory. I have a nice screen and i was gonna get a new dell with the card i mentioned above and get a new monitor with it so i could have dual. As long as the above card is better than my current one i don't mind
so is it?
so is it?
Jackabo wrote:
bump
TOS/rules & regulations wrote:
13. Post "stacking" or "bumping" is generally discouraged. If no one cared the first time, they probably won't care the second and third times.
What is your price limit?
I'll find the best possible-
I'll find the best possible-
Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-01-13 15:09:48)
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people in different time zones.... hm?Zilla wrote:
Jackabo wrote:
bumpTOS/rules & regulations wrote:
13. Post "stacking" or "bumping" is generally discouraged. If no one cared the first time, they probably won't care the second and third times.
Both these cards are no good for running the latest games on a smooth setting, you need to be looking at an 8800GT, or ATI 3870. But it all depends on your budget, but if you get one of those cards, you are just wasting your money imhoJackabo wrote:
the only real games i play or COD and wow and atm im running an ati radeon x300 with 128mb of memory. I have a nice screen and i was gonna get a new dell with the card i mentioned above and get a new monitor with it so i could have dual. As long as the above card is better than my current one i don't mind
so is it?
From the product specs (http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd2400/specs.html):
Two independent display controllers
* Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
* Full 30-bit display processing
* Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion
* Spatial/temporal dithering provides 30-bit color quality on 24-bit and 18-bit displays
* High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all display outputs
* Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
* Fast, glitch-free mode switching
* Hardware cursor
This is a budget card though so I wouldn't count on it to be relevant to any serious FPS games you want to buy after 6 months and probably even sooner. It may run current titles but it most likely won't preform as good as you would hope for dropping the bucks on a card. It's better to wait and save up for some real power with upper mid to high end card.
It's a bitch to have to wait and to spend that kinda bank but the good thing is that card is then good for at least a couple years... hopefully.
Two independent display controllers
* Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
* Full 30-bit display processing
* Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion
* Spatial/temporal dithering provides 30-bit color quality on 24-bit and 18-bit displays
* High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all display outputs
* Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
* Fast, glitch-free mode switching
* Hardware cursor
This is a budget card though so I wouldn't count on it to be relevant to any serious FPS games you want to buy after 6 months and probably even sooner. It may run current titles but it most likely won't preform as good as you would hope for dropping the bucks on a card. It's better to wait and save up for some real power with upper mid to high end card.
It's a bitch to have to wait and to spend that kinda bank but the good thing is that card is then good for at least a couple years... hopefully.
€650 in ireland
what does different time zones have to do with bumping your own thread?, (after only 4 mins)????Airwolf wrote:
people in different time zones.... hm?Zilla wrote:
Jackabo wrote:
bumpTOS/rules & regulations wrote:
13. Post "stacking" or "bumping" is generally discouraged. If no one cared the first time, they probably won't care the second and third times.
Oh you are getting a prebuilt.
Then the 6800.
But note that for 650€ you could build a much better computer than the prebuilt systems are.
Then the 6800.
But note that for 650€ you could build a much better computer than the prebuilt systems are.
Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2008-01-13 15:14:32)
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Shit dude. My PC came with an X300 128MB years ago, and it cant run shit. How do you manage that?Jackabo wrote:
the only real games i play or COD and wow and atm im running an ati radeon x300 with 128mb of memory. I have a nice screen and i was gonna get a new dell with the card i mentioned above and get a new monitor with it so i could have dual. As long as the above card is better than my current one i don't mind
so is it?
Also, why the hell would you buy dual monitors? That is a huge WASTE of money and it is completely pointless and unnecessary. If you dont want to build your own PC then at least save the money from the monitor for a new graphics card.
WRONGDragonclaw wrote:
Also, why the hell would you buy dual monitors? That is a huge WASTE of money and it is completely pointless and unnecessary.Jackabo wrote:
the only real games i play or COD and wow and atm im running an ati radeon x300 with 128mb of memory. I have a nice screen and i was gonna get a new dell with the card i mentioned above and get a new monitor with it so i could have dual. As long as the above card is better than my current one i don't mind
so is it?
You don't know the benefits of having dual monitors unless you actually use them yourself. I have 2 dell flat panels and I love them to death.
What benefits? Running the desktop on one end and a game on the other? Or running a game on both monitors and having a space in the middle? I really couldnt think of any benefits to it at all unless you really had alot of spare cash on your hands or were a mad multitasker. Having dual monitors would make me commit suicide because of my odd habit of having to have everything centered.aimless wrote:
WRONGDragonclaw wrote:
Also, why the hell would you buy dual monitors? That is a huge WASTE of money and it is completely pointless and unnecessary.Jackabo wrote:
the only real games i play or COD and wow and atm im running an ati radeon x300 with 128mb of memory. I have a nice screen and i was gonna get a new dell with the card i mentioned above and get a new monitor with it so i could have dual. As long as the above card is better than my current one i don't mind
so is it?
You don't know the benefits of having dual monitors unless you actually use them yourself. I have 2 dell flat panels and I love them to death.
Last edited by Dragonclaw (2008-01-13 15:58:31)
I used to run dual 1024x768 LCDs back in the day. Kickass, really. IRC on one, web browser on another.Dragonclaw wrote:
What benefits? Running the desktop on one end and a game on the other? Or running a game on both monitors and having a space in the middle? I really couldnt think of any benefits to it at all unless you really had alot of spare cash on your hands or were a mad multitasker. Having dual monitors would make me commit suicide because of my odd habit of having to have everything centered.aimless wrote:
WRONGDragonclaw wrote:
Also, why the hell would you buy dual monitors? That is a huge WASTE of money and it is completely pointless and unnecessary.
You don't know the benefits of having dual monitors unless you actually use them yourself. I have 2 dell flat panels and I love them to death.
I should get my lazy ass off this chair and fix the one that broke, and do it again
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
i have an x1900xt 512mb and run a 22" wide and a 19" 4:3. i use the 4:3 for xfire, vent, web, etc, when running games. there are very few games (WIC and a few others) that have 2x monitor support.
What do you mean by centered?Dragonclaw wrote:
What benefits? Running the desktop on one end and a game on the other? Or running a game on both monitors and having a space in the middle? I really couldnt think of any benefits to it at all unless you really had alot of spare cash on your hands or were a mad multitasker. Having dual monitors would make me commit suicide because of my odd habit of having to have everything centered.aimless wrote:
WRONGDragonclaw wrote:
Also, why the hell would you buy dual monitors? That is a huge WASTE of money and it is completely pointless and unnecessary.
You don't know the benefits of having dual monitors unless you actually use them yourself. I have 2 dell flat panels and I love them to death.