AGP Dual DVI video cards

[Andris Skulte]

Hey guys,

 

I've got a chance to update some of our computers with slightly more modern video cards to run dual DVI monitors. It'd have to be a consumer grade card due to budget constraints...

 

The mother boards are AGP 8X, and searching Newegg, I unfortunately only come up with ATI video cards. Back in the days of V9, ATI anything was a bad idea. I've heard that Mastercam fixed this with one of the X releases - true?

 

I've been out of the Mastercam loop for a few years, and am now getting back into it (mostly to manipulate the models for our CMM & inspection). Talk about a steep learning curve... Nothing I remember from V8 and V9 seems to be the same with X3! Doh!

 

Thanks!

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I had a cheap ATI card running X - X2 without any problems. It actually ran MC very well. The only reason I changed was because we got SolidWorks and it didn't like it at all.

[MAKINOPAT]

Our brilliant IT department got me exactly what I told him not to get which was an ATI and it will run MC but it sucks! Any large file shaded almost locks up. It takes some time to rotate a part if it's shaded.

[Guest]

IMO, upgrading a system that old is probably not ultimately even worthwhile.

 

AGP is dead, it has been for years.

 

The system that you are thinking about may not even be to run X4 well.

 

I understand the budget constraints and all but at some point it is not worth putting money into something that old.

 

jm2c

[gcode]

Nvidia still makes AGP Geforce gaming cards..

I put one in an old system last year and it does

a decent job with X2 X3 and X3 MU1.

I havn't tried it with X4..

a quick google of

GeForce +AGP came up with this one

 

PNY Verto GeForce 7600 GS AGP Graphics adapter - 512 MB - DDR2 SDRAM

 

I don't know if its Dual DVI or not

[MotorCityMinion]

Ebay for a used Quadro FX3000. Should be under $50. Make shure you have a decent power supply though.

[Andris Skulte]

Thanks for the responses! The Nvidia cards all have single DVI with a 2nd VGA output. The reason for this whole issue is that I was finally able to snag a 2nd monitor. The LCD monitor on the VGA cable has flicker - I've tried swapping VGA cables, and also swapping which monitor is on the VGA, and the flicker moves w/ the VGA output. I've also tried swapping video cards, and have an Nvidia GeForce 7600GT card w/ 512mb ram in there now...

 

I'll check Ebay for the Quadro FX3000 - good suggestion.