graphics card help

[Atomic Rooster]

I saw this one for £93.37: XFX HD 5750 512MB. It has dual DVI and one HDMI outputs.

 

[reeve]

not to shabby that card.

by the way, what exactly is dispalyport?

 

[Atomic Rooster]

I never heard of it myself. I did find this info though: Wiki - DisplayPort

 

[reeve]

yeah i read that the other day but didnt really explain what it is or what it does lol

 

[Atomic Rooster]

From what I can gather, it may be a replacement for DVI. Apple uses that connection, and it seems that some of the newer monitors will have that connection.

 

[reeve]

so equally useless as any other graphics connector lol. fair play.

 

[GibsonSGKing]

Basically its a port similar to DVI that allows one video card to have a third video out using it. It uses a different frame rate or something, I can't remember what makes it different tbh. Basically, without it, there is no way to run 3 monitors on one card (at least no way that has been implemented in a consumer card).