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Josh,

I did a little searching on Newegg.com and found video cards that support 2560x1600 resolution starting at $95.00. Of course they up quite a bit higher than that, but there are several options under $200. Here is the NEWEGG link for the page I found. These are PCI Express X16 cards. There are 14 choices. You should be able to get an idea for here.

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None of the cheap ones have Dual DVI which you need to run this monitor.

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You do **NOT** need dual DVI to run this monitor. The monitor has dual DVI so you can plug in multiple sources, and switch between them.

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are you sure? from what i read it seemed like the most that a single DVI can support is 1920x1200 and that's only due to some crafy engineering by dell. i have no idea what any of this stuff means. that's just what i think i saw.

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There seems to be a spot of confusion here with Dual DVI (two single-link DVI connectors - a lot of VGA cards have this), and Dual-link DVI, required to do a resolution of 2560x1600.

Take a look at wikipedia on DVI here.

Also on this wikipedia page, the awesome IBM 3820x2400 quad-dvi flat panel [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Only 22 inch, so probably a bit much for multi-tabling. Also quite expensive.

There are not too many VGA cards supporting Dual-Link DVI right now, the ones I know of are the Nvidia 78xx series PCIe cards, and the top end Matrox cards. I think the new ATi 1xxx series PCIe cards do also, but I've not seen one of those yet.

Whilst having Dual DVI ports, the Nvidia 7800GT/GTX only have one port that is capable of dual-link, therefore to run a pair of these new 30" Dells you will need two expensive VGA cards and an SLI motherboard to fit them.

dave.

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After doing so more research I believe this card will also support 2560x1600 resolution AND has the dual DVI feature if that is in fact required to run this monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131317

Not nearly as exspensive as those others...

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I do think some of the cheaper mentioned cards will work, but this is my suggestion.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130251

It's $175 bucks, and its a beast of a card. Runs Half Life 2 beautifully. Plus it's SLI supported, so you can plug two together, and really kick ass.

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After doing so more research I believe this card will also support 2560x1600 resolution AND has the dual DVI feature if that is in fact required to run this monitor:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131317

Not nearly as exspensive as those others...

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Radeon X1600XT, or 1xxx series as I called it. Yes, most models are dual-link DVI capable, should work at 2560x1600 over DVI. Bargain.

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I do think some of the cheaper mentioned cards will work, but this is my suggestion.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130251

It's $175 bucks, and its a beast of a card. Runs Half Life 2 beautifully. Plus it's SLI supported, so you can plug two together, and really kick ass.

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Probably not - Dual DVI, yes, dual-link DVI, I doubt it. If it does, It'd be the first Geforce 6 series card I've seen capable of this feature.

dave.

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Josh,

Just add a 2405 FPW in the middle of your two 2001FP's. It looks awesome enough. You aren't really doing more than 12 tables anyways and the 2405FPW is amazing as a main monitor. Makes my 2001FP look small... 30" would seriously be overkill IMO.

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Will the GeForce 7800 GTX DEFINETLY be able to run this 30 inch monitor with the 2560 X 1600 resolution? Pretty important because I am going to return the laptop I just bought (with the 6800 GTX) if it cant handle the Dell 30 and buy a laptop that does offer a 7800 GTX as a video card (this wasn't an option when I was trying to configure the Inspiron 9300).

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Josh,

Just add a 2405 FPW in the middle of your two 2001FP's. It looks awesome enough. You aren't really doing more than 12 tables anyways and the 2405FPW is amazing as a main monitor. Makes my 2001FP look small... 30" would seriously be overkill IMO.

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Ooo, This seems like an excellent idea. You've just convinced me that I don't need the 30" one. Thanks for saving me a k.

-Craig

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Josh,

Just add a 2405 FPW in the middle of your two 2001FP's. It looks awesome enough. You aren't really doing more than 12 tables anyways and the 2405FPW is amazing as a main monitor. Makes my 2001FP look small... 30" would seriously be overkill IMO.

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Ooo, This seems like an excellent idea. You've just convinced me that I don't need the 30" one. Thanks for saving me a k.

-Craig

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It's what I have and it's more screen real estate than I can handle. I can 12 table with no overlap and have AIM/Skype running on the extra space in the 2405FPW.

24" is plenty big for TV/movies on something that is a foot away from your face. That's what my 42" Plasma is for anyways... my computer is for computer stuff.

Edit: Also, the 2405FPW is the same pixel height at the 2001FP and only about 1/2 inch taller, so it looks perfectly fine in the middle of 2 2001FPs.

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I'd likely buy another 20" monitor for 350~$ depending on the shipping cost (im from the Netherlands).

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Josh,

Just add a 2405 FPW in the middle of your two 2001FP's. It looks awesome enough. You aren't really doing more than 12 tables anyways and the 2405FPW is amazing as a main monitor. Makes my 2001FP look small... 30" would seriously be overkill IMO.

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Ooo, This seems like an excellent idea. You've just convinced me that I don't need the 30" one. Thanks for saving me a k.

-Craig

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Do they look awkward if you have a 2405 next to a single 2001fp?