NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500+Cheap LCDs+Cintiq-all money EVER=3 display solution?

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Last week I received my long-awaited Quad G5 along with my happy NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500.

I am currently running two simple Viewsonic Diplays:

http://www.viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/xseries/vx924/

In a week my Wacom Cintiq 21ux will be here. ( http://wacom.com/lcdtablets/index.cfm )

My budget is done. I feel a bit stupid now because I thought in the back of my mind, however brief.....quadro...quad...four.... 4 displays! Now, I knew this was wrong, but it doesn't change the fact that I didn't think about it when I ordered everything. So, my question is...

What's the best solution to have all three displays running separately and at a decent quality? A co-worker of mine says that you can just "spit the signal and the mac is smart enough to figure it out, it'll work." That sounds like bull to me. This can't be true, right?

So, given the specs of the monitors... if I HAVE to buy another video card I'd want the two Viewsonics running on it, as I'm sure a much cheaper video card will still use them to their full potential. What would be a good, inexpensive choice that will work with this setup? I'd rather keep the Cintiq on the NVIDIA, as it will be my main work area for everything I do. I like having two monitors side by site for video editing, so I'd rather not take one down just to use the Cintiq.

So, any suggestions?

Powermac G5 Quad 2.5/ several others. Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Powermac G5 Quad 2.5/ several others., Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 24, 2006 8:12 PM

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Mar 24, 2006 9:03 PM in response to psychomelody

You would of been better off with a 7800 and order the 6600 for $200 extra. You could run the 2 viewsonics off the 7800 and the Cinitq off the 6600 while only taking 2 slots. Your option now is to buy the 6600 as that is the only card that will work in any of the open slots. I'm have the opposite problem. I have a 7800 with a 6600 running 2 30" monitors and would rather have a single 4500 as Aperture does not like splitting information between 2 separate video cards.

Mar 25, 2006 5:33 AM in response to donland1

Ah! That's what I thought. Well I do plan on upgrading to Apple Displays in the future. They won't fit on my desk as of right now.

I also have a 7.1 surround card coming in next week. The 6600 isn't going to interfere with my plans to install that, is it? I'm more worried about my workflow, as I can just put that in my sound room computer.

Thanks for all your help!

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