pci dual monitor card for dell t3500

need a cheap PCI card recomendation for a dell t3500

i have 2 pci-express cards and want to add a 3rd card in the pci slot...

currently running 6 monitors using fx580, nvs 290, and triple head to go

i have a couple old nvs 270s but no driver from nvidia for win7 so no go...

any other ideas??

 

prefer passive cooling and dual dvi output

 

You probably don't need to use a PCI slot just yet. Try a 290 PCIEx1 card mounted in the x8 slot.

 

Those cards are like $90 though right? I've never owned a T3500 so I'm not sure how many PCIe slots they have. They may only have two PCIe and one eX1 slot.

OP FWIW, i've had a really hard time with PCI cards in W7x64. What is your OS? If you don't care about graphics speeds you can pick up an old Matrox G450-quad card on the cheap (ebay or I have some) and then use one of your NVS290's for 6-mon.

Or just keep your eyes peeled for a NVS 290 PCIeX1 (the small slot) on ebay.

 

Cheap 290s can be $25-ish on eBay.

T3500s have an X58 mobo with 2, x16s, 2, x8s wired as x4, and 2 PCI.

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As a side note... Are you getting ready to dump your crummy X5690s for your upgrade? Heard Dell is coming with Precision T3600, T5600, T7600... :>)

 

hey guys...thanks for the info...ever since we went to pci-e i am lost...i thought agp was cutting edge

is this the right card?

http://cgi.ebay.com/PNY-Quadro-NVS-...631?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item27b73cccaf

looks like i would have to find the dual head dvi dongle?

thanks again for the help!

 

Yes, that card. Seller should provide the dongle... but if not, here's a link to eBay... there's one Buy It Now for $4.49

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=DMS59+DVI&_sacat=See-All-Categories

 

I am running a GEforce 6200 PCI with 9800GTs. Any series of PCI below 6200 won't work with newer card drivers.
I would not recomment PCI card as there is a visible performance difference when they run togetter.

I recommend replace one of the cards with e better NVS 420.

 

Pretty cool stuff.
Using Intel's "Sandy Bridge" to be launched at CES on January 5th!

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/12/13/dell.precision.2011.pcs.leak.with.fractal.design/

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/15/intel.says.sandy.bridge.to.show.at.ces/

 

Question on those splitters - will that create 2 independent connections that can be used on multiple monitors or do those just mimic the main screen and broadcast the same image on multiple monitors?

thanks