http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/ Engadget Comments for Asus' quad DVI-packing EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP gets previewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/I don't think I would run with 4, but would love 3 monitors.
I have 2 at the moment, and go nuts when I have to use someone elses computer that only has 1.]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/2 - expansion slots less on the back of my computer
3 - years before I'll ever be able to afford one
4 - beautiful monitors that this thing will run
5 - finger discount is the only way I'll afford the monitors.

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That made me grin so wide to read that. Amazing, you have created the idea by which we will measure the pinnacle of human achievement.]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
lol, wut?]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/alienware-curved-display-rocks-crysis-at-2880-x-900/]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 26th 2009 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Since when does how a card look mean how fast it will run.
It runs faster than the GTX (even better when they get better drivers up to date), and is as much as $100 cheaper.]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/

]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/:)

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ATI cards ship with an HDMI audio/video adapter -- just plug it into one of the DVI ports.

@jeff:

Not everyone has a motherboard capable of running two separate video cards at once (you need two separate graphic card slots) -- with this card, it's not an issue.]]>Feb 1st 2008 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
soz if I'm wrong, I don't really know a lot about GPU's... I suppose while here I might as well try to fix a big ass gap in my GPU knowledge -

Why can you buy GPU's from different manufacturers + what are the "good ones"? Gigabit, Asus? (or is there no difference??)]]>Feb 1st 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
Take a 4-monitor mount: $371
http://www.ergomart.com/multi-lcd-mount/AM-4-2P-multi-lcd-mount-dtl.htm

Take 4 of these: 183.17x4=732.68 (which includes shipping)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009110

add it all up and you get: $1103.68. Considering the fact that a 30" is still a couple hundred dollars more... plus the coolness factor... this could actually be a reasonable solution (if you got that kinda cash) that KICKS BLOODY ASS!

Plus: a 30" has 2560x1600 resolution = 4,096,000 pixels. These have 1280x1024 = 1,310,720, times 4 monitors = 5,242,880 pixels, so you even have over a million more pixels of desktop space. I mean, the only thing that sucks about it is the bezel space! lol... but still I would so totally get that setup.]]>Feb 1st 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
Wait, since when can you SLI AMD/ATI cards? You're thinking of Crossfire, and you can only Crossfire 2 of these cards, whereas you can Crossfire up to 4 with CrossfireX on the standard 3870 cards.]]>Feb 1st 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/It's not about usefulness, it's about how cool it looks.]]>Feb 1st 2008 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 1st 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44757855@N00/2233657955/sizes/l/

Not that my Radeon HD 3850 is exactly bad, mind you. Oh, and, no, I don't really own two 30" monitors. The one on the left makes a buzzing sound and is going back to dell (the one on the right replaced it).]]>Feb 2nd 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
How faster is it against the 8800GTX?? http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ1NCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ati_hd3870_x2/

Next time do your research. Most other 8800GTX prices are the same as the 3870 X2 that will be listing for. ]]>Feb 2nd 2008 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/Feb 2nd 2008 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
"What up with no HDMI port?"


DVI and HDMI carry the same exact signal. So a simple adapter that changes the pin-outs will get the job done just fine.


]]>Feb 2nd 2008 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/I want!!! I wonder... Two of these in cross-fire?]]>Feb 5th 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/ in crossfire you have 2 active DVI ports per card, so with 2 of these you have 4 monitors each with their own GPU and 512mb memory..

Please excuse the mess on(and around) the desk though....

http://bcs-bcs.com/img/systemwithside.jpg

:)

It's nice and when i get 2 more of the 24" dell monitors, it will be even better

]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/ Bill
]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/
Next time hide the KY Jelly tube before you take a picture of your rig.]]>Feb 2nd 2008 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/asus-quad-dvi-packing-eah3870-x2-1gb-top-gets-previewed/ITS NOT S-VIDEO

its a composite out that asus includes on a large majority of their video cards, it allows you to send component YPbPr signal to an HDTV]]>Feb 2nd 2008 11:42AM