Dell reps are notoriously ignorant when it comes to video display ... especially multi-card. What operating system are you running? What video cards did you order on your system?
Below is the system I put together. I am not a scalper so system speed is not as important to me as it may be to others PROCESSOR Intel⢠Core®2 Duo E6750 (2.66GHz/1333MHz/4MB L2) 375W edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 with Media edit VIDEO CARD Dual 256MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI Capable edit CHASSIS CONFIGURATION AND 1394 Mini-Tower Chassis Configuration edit MEMORY 2GB, 667MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, ECC (2 DIMMS) edit OPTICAL DRIVE 48X CD-ROM edit HARD DRIVE/RAID CONFIGURATION C1, All SATA, NO RAID for 1 Hard Drive edit HARD DRIVE 80GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst Cache⢠edit MONITOR No Monitor edit FILE SYSTEM NTFS File System
For sure, you can add either an addtional 290x16 card, a 290x1, or 280 PCI. Any will work for a 4-monitor rig. You can also "probalbly" add a 285x16 card... uses the same driver as the 290, but has less VRAM, but still enough for trading.
Hey guys, don't let this scare you. He got the BIG HONKIN' machine. A lesser rig but still good, can be had for less.
Be prepared... another poster, when inquiring about "dual 290s" was told by the phone rep that it "somehow didn't work that way"... The website has "dual 290s" as an option, so don't let the dumbass phone rep lead you astray.
Did this include a monitor? Stereo SYS & Speakers? Even with these it's WAY OP imo (unless you got a 30 inch monitor Not hard BYO. Likev a jigsaw puzzle with only 7 or 8 LARGE pieces. very easy