4x monitor 1x video card

[matexoza]

good to know then ill just got for 8 gigs ;p

any how i took some pics for yall to pick at
i dont thank i could even fit a second card into the case without geting a new case even if the x16 fit into the x4 lol sooooo that leaves me with 1 option if i want to run 4 screens
is that 4850 x2 ati card which is basicly 2 of the 1 card i was using befor i got the 9800gtx lol

how will that 4x screen card run with 4 wows/ 4 screens <seams the 9800gtx is putting off some heat when i hade it open will the 4850 putt out more?> im gessing so and if thats the case how hot can it get <my computer rooms in the basment and its all ways cold as shit>
so basicly i need to know mroe about the 4850x2 card time to read some reviews lol

quad box rig
pics are in that post

[Clanked]

Two things.

3GB of Ram.
No. Just no. At the bare minimum double that. You most likely want to keep it in multiples of 3 so you can keep it in triple channel. 3->6->12 are the easiest amounts.
9GB would be funky to get, but possible.
I would also make sure the motherboard isn't that Gigabyte board with only 4 DIMM slots. (On a side note, why the hell did they do that? That was the perfect board for me, except it couldn't handle 12GB)


and Power Supply 500W Power Supply.
You will need a bigger power supply for the 4850x2.
Especially with all that extra unneeded shit that the company you bought it from threw in there.


My personal build:
i7-920
12GB Ram
4850x2
30GB SSD

I can't wait to get home to put it together and play. :)

[pinotnoir]

Make sure your case can fit the 4850x2. This card is longer than 4870x2 cards. I have this big ass case called Cooler Master HAF. It's a bad ass case and has tons of room.

[brasssmunky]

k, i doubt you have enough room for a 4850x2 :/
&, to the guy who posted above me... the HAF is a beast, i love them cases :P

your video card is the GTX+, which is like an overclocked 9800GTX with a 55nm chip, its going to run cooler and be more efficient
i t seems you have another pcie16x, the dell site says you have one, meaning one available
if you want to run dual video cards, put your old 4850 back in, and add another, assuming it was a singleslot, it seems your motherboard doesnt have enough space between the 2 pciex16 slots for dual 9800GTXs which is unfortunate.

if you're looking for a dual card setup, or even for a 4850x2 setup, you're going to need a new psu, and some better airflow. get a fan for intake in the front.

only viable option i see here is for you to run 2 single slot cards. so, reference 4850s, 9600/9800GTs(or8800gt, same card as 9800gt)
(mind you, reference single slot 4850s run hot hot hot)

[matexoza]

well how is this for an ideal them i have 1x 4850 single card that came in the system i still have it i could probably trade my 9800gtx in for a second 4850card do you thank that is my best bet?

[matexoza]

ok good news i just drove to best buy and the guy said i could trade my 9800gtx in for the second 4850 problem is they dont have it in stock meaning i need to prity much give them my system for a hole week ='(
<dont want to putt it in myself>
the best news is that the 4850 is 50 dollers cheaper then the 9800gtx so i can trade it in and pay for them to do the work ;p
so ill ill need to add to the price is the price of 2x 19" lcd's i all ready have 2

now lets just hop that the 2x 4850 ati cards run the 4 screens and 4 wows with 0 troubles

after that shits all set up ill only need ram for my system and it will be 100% complete

ok thats a load of shit it will never be complete lol
but any way thats the rout im going

you said to add a fan to the casing not shore how/what u mean
any chanse i could get some more info on that i may need it with this setup its going to take up alot of room in the case with both of these cards lol

any way thanks for all the help in finding what i want to setup

[brasssmunky]

btw...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16814102809R

and, you should do it yourself!
1. i don't trust them bestbuy folks
2. its SUPAR easy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ILrq7lMe-0
3. i don't trust them bestbuy folks

and you'll be saving moneys, and a week of time for a 2min operation (for the hardware)
for the software, its a little more annoying seeing as nvidia and ati hate each other with a deep passion.

so, i'll run you down from begining to end.
(before you remove your video card and put in the 2 4850s)
first download these 2 things.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Guru3D---Driver-Sweeper-(no-installer)_d1672.html#download
- Driver sweeper, it removes all the junk left behind from your drivers that will make your other drivers unstable.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
- ATI drivers, choose your os and card and get rollin. please don't use the ones off disc, they are old.
put both of these on your desktop for ease of finding
now, uninstall the nvidia drivers.
(go to control panel, add/remove programs click uninstall on nvidia drivers... keep clicking ok etc..)
it will ask you to restart, do this.
now, upon boot press f8 a bunch (should allow you to boot into safe mode) just boot into normal safe mode, not safemode with networking because if you have vista, or sometimes even xp, it will try to find drivers for you which is lame.
now you're in safemode.. make sure it doesnt do anything at the bottom right for installing drivers
run driver sweeper, check the boxes for ati video drivers and nvidia video drivers
run the cleaning part twice
restart your computer (yes again :/)
back into safemode (yes..... again)
run the driversweeper one more time to be safe before you install your ati drivers
install them (the ones you downloaded)
it will ask you to reboot, do it
and now you're going to boot as normal and all should be well.

and you're good to run 4 monitors at this point

[matexoza]

this is the card ill be running with crossfire
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161235

i have 1 of thows going to trade my 9800gtx back in at bestbuy and get a second 1 ill putt it in myself still going to putt me out of works for a week waiting on the card the 9800gtx+ is paid for so
they ant going to give me a refund just a trade in with 50 dollars store credit lol
but ya i here the 2 of them are pimp as shit and my system was built for it /shurg who knew lol
lol its funny got a new card and ended up going back to the 1 it came with lawl
well +1 more card any how
guess thats all i needed will be shuting down and pulling the card latter today so ill be awall for a bit thanks agine for the help ;p

[brasssmunky]

alright, let me know when you get back on
its best if you do it yourself
be careful with heat.
those reference 4850s run HOT HOT HOT
if you dont mind a bit of noise, i reccomend manually setting the fans to 80%+ even tho they are noisy

[Catamer]

just a side note for those of you looking at an i7 and thinking you are getting 8 cores.

a quad core 2.4Ghz as the exact same CPU power as the i7 2.4 Ghz
quad code at 2.4Ghz is 4 x 2.4Ghz = 9.6Ghz of computing power
the i7 can be used as either a quad core ( disabled threading ) and you get 4x 2.4Ghz = 9.6Ghz
but if you hyper thread its still 8 x 1.2Ghz = 9.6 Ghz of CPU power.
a quad core @ 3 Ghz has more CPU power than an i7 @ 2.4 Ghz

the only advantage the i7 has over a regular quad core is the tripple bandwidth memory (3 banks of memory instead of the usual 2 banks) or the DDR3 memory.