need advice on P650

[vandan002]

Hello everyone.

Would like to use 2 monitors for day-trading stocks. No gaming / 3D.

* LCD 21", DVI and VGA, max resolution 1600/1200
* LCD 17", VGA, max resolution 1280/1024

Decided to consider P650 as I was told that P550 had some limitations in terms of max resolution - MAX 1280x1024 when you use DVI on secondary - apparently affects both primary and secondary monitors.

So:
* is Matrox the way to go for my needs, or ATI or Nvidia will provide alternative options - even cheaper?
* anyone aware of any limitation when two monitors with different resolutions are used?

Thank you very much, your help is invaluable - need opinions from people who've been there done that.

Dan

[Mikko]

I don't have P650 myself, but I'm pretty sure it will be just fine for you:

- 1600 x 1200 dual digital and 1920 x 1440 dual analog resolution
- Dual-DVI outputs with independent resolution support

http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mill_pseries/p650.cfm

There's also an optional "TripleHead upgrade kit" available for this card, if you want the third monitor later:

http://www.matrox.com/mga/media_center/press_rel/2004/audio_ws.cfm

[Chucky Cheese]

Dual Head

anyone aware of any limitation when two monitors with different resolutions are used?

...shouldn't have any problems for what you are going to use it for... M has this down pat !!

i have the parhelia but i am using 2 21" flat panels at 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz. LOOKS GREAT !!

cc

[leech]

I have a Parhelia (4x) for sale, if you'd like one of those instead

Leech

[Kurt]

Originally posted by Mikko
I don't have P650 myself, but I'm pretty sure it will be just fine for you:

- 1600 x 1200 dual digital and 1920 x 1440 dual analog resolution
- Dual-DVI outputs with independent resolution support

http://www.matrox.com/mga/products/mill_pseries/p650.cfm

There's also an optional "TripleHead upgrade kit" available for this card, if you want the third monitor later:
http://www.matrox.com/mga/media_cent...4/audio_ws.cfm

Or just buy the P750...

[Mikko]

Yep.

P650 has a passive cooling and it may be slightly slower than P750, witch has an active cooling and support for triplehead by default. I don't know if you can actually see the difference in performance...