Vexing video
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vvvexationMy four-year-old video card has up and died on me. I've got a temporary replacement in place (thanks, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mikz), but am in the market for a slightly spiffier permanent one. Anyone have any suggestions as to the best models and the cheapest places to find them? The old one was a Matrox Millennium G400 G4+, and I figure I might as well just get another of those, but if there's anything out there that's more reliable and/or better for my purposes, while being comparably priced or cheaper, I'd like to hear about it. I don't do any 3D gaming whatsoever these days, but I do play the occasional DVD and I like to run my 21" monitor at a fairly high resolution.
mikz), but am in the market for a slightly spiffier permanent one. Anyone have any suggestions as to the best models and the cheapest places to find them? The old one was a Matrox Millennium G400 G4+, and I figure I might as well just get another of those, but if there's anything out there that's more reliable and/or better for my purposes, while being comparably priced or cheaper, I'd like to hear about it. I don't do any 3D gaming whatsoever these days, but I do play the occasional DVD and I like to run my 21" monitor at a fairly high resolution.
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Date: 2004-06-08 06:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-08 06:48 am (UTC)The one in big4est, my desktop machine, which should be the same has either a part or serial number of G45FMDHA32DB. Once I know which it is, it'll be easier to figure out a fair price. Doing a google search I've seen G450s from $45-$200 plus shipping. Since I bought it a year and a half (or was that two years) ago for about $90, they're probably pretty cheap now.
I really like dual headed. After a certain point, it's the cheapest way to double the number of pixels you have to play with.