Going dual screen, GPU recommendations?


  1. moneybagman
    Posts : 71
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Windows 8 Pro x64
       New #1

    Going dual screen, GPU recommendations?


    Hey, I am building a new computer and I am pretty new to this. I was planning on going dual screen and I wanted a nice graphics card for gaming and visual design (I use Photoshop and CAD). I am thinking about getting two ASUS VW246H 24" (Newegg.com - 24-236) and I was considering the Radeon Sapphire HD 7870 (Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (11199-03-20G).
    Will I require two of these graphics cards? I was only planning on getting one.
    Any ideas, comments, suggestions?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. stormy13
    Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       New #2

    One is more than enough. Just don't plan on running many (more like any) games on both at the same time as very few (can only think of a handful that do) support running on two monitors. Not only that but if you're playing a FPS type game, the crosshair/aim point would be split right down the middle, makes it rather difficult to shot anything.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I have 2 monitors set up, Primary: Samsung Syncmaster 19 Inch widesreen 1400 * 900 Secondary: LG E2541 25 Inch Widescreen 1980 * 1080 OS: Windows 7 64bit VideoCard: Nvidia Geforce 560 Ti I use my primary mostly for browsing, msn, music players, Ventrilo etc etc, I want to use my...
First of all; Thanks to anyone taking the time to read this and help me with my minor issue! I have been running dual screen setup for awhile now and early on I realized that I had to set the monitor on the left to the 'Main Display' so that tiled wide resolution images would span across both...
Today I set up a 2nd monitor for my PC, but discovered my graphics tablet spans across both the screens, essentially halving the size of the canvas space for drawing. Is there any way I can restrict the tablet to using only 1 of my screens? I use a Vistablet. There are no settings in the tablet...
Hi, I am building a new computer and I want to go with a dual screen setup. I was wondering if I should go with a GTX 670 2GB GPU or two Sapphire Radeon 7870s. If not specifically these cards, let me know what you think. Is it better to have a single GPU with dual DVI output or two slightly...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:44.
Find Us