Quiet 1920x1200 DVI?

NFW · Post by **NFW** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:07 pm

If have a quiet PCIe video card that does 1920x1200 at the DVI port (with the digital signal, not analog), I'd like to know what card that is.

I've been scouring the web to find a suitable card for my next system and there's hardly any solid info on what cards support 1920x1200 digitally. Even in the manuals I downloaded from two manufacturers, they only mention the card's max resolution, not the DVI port's max resolution. I have an AGP card right now that is driving my monitor at 1920x1200 digitally and I don't want to take a step backward when I switch to PCIe in my next system.

Thanks in advance!

acaurora · Post by **acaurora** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:51 pm

Do you want a powerful quiet PCIx16, or a cheap quiet PCIx16 that can support that resolution?

Powerful quiet: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121548

Cheap quiet:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814127204

They do not list on the website (nor the manufacturer unless I am looking in the wrong place) what is the max DVI res, though =[

TomZ · Post by **TomZ** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:39 am

NFW wrote:If have a quiet PCIe video card that does 1920x1200 at the DVI port (with the digital signal, not analog), I'd like to know what card that is.

You didn't specify what you would use your video card for - if you need it for 3D graphics or not.

If you don't need good 3D support, you might want to look at Matrox video cards (http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/tech ... p_2006.pdf). They are all passively cooled and thus silent.

My last card was a Matrox dual-head and I was really happy with it, and it only cost $100, 3-4 years ago.

If you need good 3D performance, you'll need to look elsewhere.

ScrollLock · Post by **ScrollLock** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:10 pm

I have an ATI 9550 from GigaByte (AGP though; but fanless!) that works 1920x1200 on digital DVI (Dell 2405).

As far as I understand, ATI cards from 9550 and up can do 1920x1200, but lower chips (e.g. 9250) can only do 1600x1200.
I had an old 7500 that worked fine at 1920x1200 but could not show the full picture using video overlay for HDTV playback (9550 works great).

Nvidia can only do 1920x1200 on 6600 and up. While I found some info on their web-site that some 6200 are supposed to do 1920x1200, but I was not able to actually find a card that can do it.

My experience is similar to yours; web-sites and user manuals don't give this information in almost all cases

happy hunting, ScrollLock

NFW · Post by **NFW** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 7:44 pm

That's a good point, I should have said something about what kind of performance I'm looking for. I do very little gaming so my needs are pretty simple, but I would rather not take a step down from the GeForce 4 Ti 4600 that I have now. Which isn't much by current standards. But I'm willing to spend up to $200 so 3D perf won't be an issue.

Also, I just read something from a guy who is having trouble getting ATI and nVidia drivers to coexist, so I figure I should probably stick with nVidia since this system will also hold a couple of passively cooled 5700LE PCI cards.

Thanks everybody!

SmallOffice · Post by **SmallOffice** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:09 pm

ATI is the way to go.

Check out this study...

http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/11/29/ ... index.html

Yes, it is a little dated, but it is really revealing.

I have one of these...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102305

It drives the 1900x1200 LCD and the 1600x1200 CRT simultaneously with no issues.

I have not heard of any NVidia-ATI driver conflicts, but if it is a problem just return the video card. Right?

Good luck.

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