OT - Video Card Question(s)

MS is dropping support on XP Home before long, but will
continue support for XP Pro. You should be sure to get the
Vista upgrade coupon, too.

Be sure the game allows you to split out the portion of the
display you want, it sounds as though you want to have just
the panel on one display and the outside world on the other.

Be sure that the video cards are designed for independent
output and are compatible with each other and the software.


A DVD RW 16x dual layer drive also does CDs, being able to
record a 8.5 GB DVD might be useful.


I would be sure the sound card will run a 5.1 system if you
want the "best" sound effects.

PCIe video cards may not work in the standard PCIe slots,
they have PCIe 16x slots for video, be sure about what slot
the mobo has for the second video card.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
| my suggestion:
| - motherboard with either raid on board or a extra raid
controller
| (fasttrack has cheap and good ones)
|
| What is your opinion of this system set-up? Would a system
like this
| make FSX fly? If not, what would you change?
|
| INTEL CORE DUO PROCESSORS E6600 CORE 2 DUO 2.40 GHZ 4M /
1066 FSB
| $416.00
| INTEL CORE DUO MOTHERBOARDS INTEL DQ965GF DDR2
MOTHERBOARD
| $153.39
| DDR2 MEMORY 2 GB DDR2 667 MEMORY $426.00
| IDE HARD DRIVES MAXTOR 160GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA HARD DRIVE
$78.63
| CD-ROM DRIVES LITE-ON 16X DVD 52X32X52 CD-RW BLK COMBO
$60.00
| PCI-EXPRESS VIDEO CARDS EVGA 7800 GT 256MB PCI-E VIDEO
CARD $348.00
| SOUND CARD CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER PCI 128 $19.00
| FLOPPY DRIVES SONY 1.44 FLOPPY DRIVE WHT $13.68
| MID TOWER CASES EVERCASE WITH FRONT USB2/1394 400W $68.50
| POWER SUPPLY INCLUDED (UNLESS DESCRIPTION SAYS NO PS)
$0.00
| CASE FANS TWO EXTRA YATE LOON CASE FANS $20.00
| OPERATING SYSTEMS MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME OEM SP2
$99.00
| WARRANTY THREE YEARS PARTS & LABOR
|
| SYSTEM PRICE $1702.20
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

If you are going to build locally, work a deal where the local shop is
allowed to plaster any advertising on the cpu case.