[NTLUG:Discuss] video card recommendation

[Bob Netherton]

>  I really can't see how it
> could be improved, but the new system has no AGP slot and I can get
> either of the two cards I mention for under $20, which seems like a lot
> for a video card.

Ahhhh, that's nothin :-)   I'm building out a monster desktop built
for virtualization and $20 won't even cover the tax on the graphics
card.  nVidia makes some monster graphics cards that you can tie
together from some cool visualization capabilities.  Take several
PCI-e cards and aggregate them (nVidia's SLI technology - RAID for
graphics adapters) and you have

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3714951&Sku=E145-2036


Put a couple of nVidia 8800s or a 9800 in there and you have a
pretty stunning graphics capability.

I'm just working through chipset and driver considerations
before I start building.


What what are you homebuilder's doing for your systems ?   atx
form factor and a good chassis or do any of you get the extended
chassis and put server boards in there for greater expansion ?
I'm thinking a couple of quad core sockets would be sooooooo cool
in a desktop - well, maybe cool isn't the appropriate description
as they will be anything but cool - but you get my point.

Any nVidia 750, 780 or 790 board owners out there ?   Intel boards ?


Bob