Any quad dvi 2560 x 1600 graphics card recs?

[Midnight]

Most of the ones i see arent rated to 2560 x 1600 and the one i have 4670 x2 is super loud.

I cant seem to find a replacement cooler for the x2 set up either.

I also cant control the fan speed~!

thanks.

 

[ViRGE]

Quad DL-DVI is going to be expensive, there's really no way around it. It's a specialized setup that requires many more TMDS encoders (and clock gens) than any single GPU comes with, and the DVI ports themselves take up a fair bit of real-estate.

If money is no object, you can grab an Eyefinity edition Radeon card (or one of a couple other variants with a lot of DP ports) and use DP to DL-DVI adapters. At $100 a pop it's not cheap, but you can drive all of those monitors off of a single card. The GTX 690 is also an option here - you'd need to buy 1 adapter to get that 4th DVI port.

Otherwise you need to buy a pair of cards with 2 DL-DVI ports. Most GeForce cards would fit this description (AMD tends to only have 1 DL-DVI port on their modern cards).

 

[N4g4rok]

Will this system be playing games? If it's more of a workstation computer, there are a few professional GPUs that would probably get the job done, like this one I usually lean more towards FirePro, but there are a few between Quadro and firepro that could do it. Price goes up quickly with more powerful GPUs in those.

If the professional cards won't work, then i'd have to go with what Virge said. A higher end discrete gpu with multiple mini-displayports and adapters.

 

[ShintaiDK]

nVidia NVS 420 or 450. And AMD Multiview cards.

Both low profile and standard cards.

 

[jacktesterson]

My Asus 7970 has 4x Display Ports + 2 DVI's . I picked it up off ebay for under $400 + shipping.

$100 a pop though for the adaptors is pricey.

 

[RussianSensation]

Are you sure your warranty has expired? It should have at least 3 year warranty. When did you buy the card? I googled and I can't seem to find any review for that card before mid-2010, which leads me to believe you should still have at least 1 year warranty on it.

If you don't play games, I would think the cheapest way to get 4x 2560x1600 monitors working is to get 2 cheap DL-DVI cards. Does your motherboard have 2x PCIe slots?

This Zotac Synergy GT430 ZT-40607-10L has Dual Dual-Link DVI.
http://www.zotacusa.com/specsheet/ZT-40607-10L.pdf

It costs $40 after rebate on Newegg and Free shipping. 2 of these is just $80 and can drive 4 x 2560x1600 monitors.

 

[jacktesterson]

Are you sure your warranty has expired? It should have at least 3 year warranty. When did you buy the card? I googled and I can't seem to find any review for that card before mid-2010, which leads me to believe you should still have at least 1 year warranty on it.

If you don't play games, I would think the cheapest way to get 4x 2560x1600 monitors working is to get 2 cheap DL-DVI cards. Does your motherboard have 2x PCIe slots?

This Zotac Synergy GT430 ZT-40607-10L has Dual Dual-Link DVI.
http://www.zotacusa.com/specsheet/ZT-40607-10L.pdf

It costs $40 after rebate on Newegg and Free shipping. 2 of these is just $80 and can drive 4 x 2560x1600 monitors.

Good find

Still don't know if he games or not though. If so, well , these will be terrible.

 

[Durvelle27]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195086

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162091

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129243

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162087

 

[Midnight]

i dont game. its for a workstation. i dont need powerful gpus at all. it will for remote desktop. so really no lifting done with the card.

i only have a single PCI-E slot.

i have dell u3011s and they only have 1 dp and 2 dvi. i run a different computer into the dp inputs so i only have dvi as an option.

the 4670 x2 card was only purchased because it drove 4 dvi dual link.

nvs 420 can only drive 2560 x 1600 on displayport.

one option i was considering wsa replacing the cooler on the 4670 but i cant seem to find anything that supports dual gpus.

the pc in question is a dell xps 8500 and as far as i know only supports a single pci-e.

thanks for all the help so far!

 

[Midnight]

of the cards durvelle posted above i think the following

1) firepro doesnt support 2560 x 1600
2) gtx 560 has only 1 dvi-i the rest arent capable of dual link reso
3) i have this 4670 x2
4) not sure if this card is any quieter than what i have plus, does mini hdmi support 2560 x 1600? could i run a dvi adapter?

thanks.

 

[Pray To Jesus]

Dual EVGA 670 FTW edition SLI should do it

 

[ViRGE]

Yikes, that's rough.

The 4670x2 was basically a one of a kind card. There are no modern cards I'm aware of in the consumer or the professional space that natively have 4 DL-DVI ports. You're either going to have to invest in adapters, or track down another 4670x2.

4) not sure if this card is any quieter than what i have plus, does mini hdmi support 2560 x 1600? could i run a dvi adapter?

Negative. Technically HDMI 1.4 supports higher resolutions, but because HDMI is technically a higher clocked version of SL-DVI, it can't easily be converted to what you need.

 

[Plimogz]

This begs the question, do manufacturers (sometimes) offer after-sale support in the form of paid repairs/replacement parts for out-of-warranty products.

I know that some warranty terms I've read in past stated that should whatever repair work was needed fall outside of the limited warranty's scope the customer would be charged for parts or labor or both. This looks like a logical extension of that system.

Maybe it would be worth it to shoot off an email to the company that sold the VGA. If anybody has fitting heatsinks laying around, it would be them, I'd think.

 

[Midnight]

oh sorry reading this thread i see ive given the impression that i have a broken card.

my card works fine. it was just moved from a louder environment where the noise wasnt an issue to my office where noise is an issue.

i may just switch machines or find a way to make do with 2x dvi.

thanks guys!

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Why not just get a bigass passive cooler for it? 4670 had a TDP of like 60w, x2 would be 120. That's less than most midrange gaming cards with passive cooling options.

Edit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186052

 

[Midnight]

id love to but i dont think that works with a dual gpu card

 

[RussianSensation]

id love to but i dont think that works with a dual gpu card

Well if you want to get creative, you can get 2 waterblocks for each of those GPUs or get a case with noise insulation and move everything in it or get Noise Insulation kit and install it in your case:

$17

Also, did you try out blowing the dust build up with a can of compressed air?

What about downloading MSI Afterburner / Sapphire Trixx / ATI Tray Tools and setting up a custom fan profile for the card? If you don't play any games at all, lowering the fan speed at idle shouldn't be a problem. Does none of those programs work for your card?

 

[Midnight]

ive tried fan control with MSI, riva tuner and CCC none of them can control the fan speed.

id prefer not to move everything into another case. im in a bit of a bind here.

i may try and swap this pc out for an hp workstation or something that has two pci-e slots and thats a simple solution

 

[ViRGE]

ive tried fan control with MSI, riva tuner and CCC none of them can control the fan speed.

IIRC, the 4670x2 was a bit of an abomination since the 4600 series was never intended to work that way. Visiontek basically hardwired the fan speed since they didn't have the means of properly tying it in to the thermal sensors of both GPUs.

 

[RussianSensation]

Now start working backwards and put the card back together but leave the black cover off.

Here is one of the quietest 140mm fans in the world for $13:
http://www.directron.com/ty140.html

Here is non-electrically conductive thermal paste for $9:
http://www.directron.com/nth1.html

There are other options like this 140mm fan for $7.50:
http://www.svc.com/blue-vortex-14.html

and this thermal paste for $1:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch...%20-%201.5Gram

It should be super easy to do this. Actually, apply the thermal paste to the GPUs themselves, but clean off the old stuff from the heatsink.

$20-25 fix for the fan + thermal paste + a bottle of 90%+ Isopropyl alcohol at a pharmacy.

OR bid for this Sapphire Quad DVI HD4850 X2 on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Saphire-Rad...eo_TV_Cards&hash=item4ab9ca21e8#ht_500wt_1413

 

[Midnight]

WOW! where on earth did you find that?

SUPER HELPFUL!

I will pursue that option.

THANKS

 

[Midnight]

just ordered:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233086

and i have some arctic silver to use.

thanks.

 

[RussianSensation]

WOW! where on earth did you find that?

I found some pics of your card in a NeoSeeker Review and made the instructions in Paint. It looks like your card has 4 small screws holding the black shroud though. I pointed the arrows at 2 of them but there should be 2 on the other side too.

just ordered:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233086

and i have some arctic silver to use.

thanks.

OK great, let us know how it goes for you.

P.S. Next time you should have trusted my recommendation on the fan. The fan you bought has 30,000 life expectancy vs. 100,000 for the TY-140 I recommended.

The TY-140 is really the best 140mm fan in the world in terms of noise/performance, a bargain for $12.99.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/140mm-fan-roundup_9.html#sect0

When you put Arctic Silver, be careful not to get any of it on the PCB since it is electrically conductive and will destroy the card. Don't put too much since the GPUs are bare/naked and don't have a heat spreader on them.

I hope this hack job works out for you. Keep us updated!

 

[ViRGE]

When you put Arctic Silver, be careful not to get any of it on the PCB since it is electrically conductive and will destroy the card. Don't put too much since the GPUs are bare/naked and don't have a heat spreader on them.

On that note, I'd second the suggestion for non-conductive paste. GPUs tend to have a lot of exposed components near the die, so unlike CPUs using conductive paste is a trickier proposition.

 

[Midnight]

cancelled my newegg order. ill order your suggestions. also, you mentioned elastic bands for securing the fan?

where would i buy those.

thanks guys.