Folks
I just got a new monitor for Chirstmas. Its a Dell 2001 FPW, to go along with my Samsung 213T. I finally installed everything, and got it working correctly, but my video card appears to be just too slow.
I currently have an ASUS GeForce 5200 FX. I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The problem is that when I scroll down a page, or bring up a new window it takes about 1-2 seconds for the screen to render. That's just plain annoying. So I figure its time to upgrade.
The question is, what kind of GPU horse power does it take to run two monitors at that resolution? The 213T runs natively at 1600x1200, and the 2001 FPW runs natively at 1680x1050 (its widescreen).
I don't have a huge budget, and I want to upgrade my CPU/Mobo/Ram at the same time. What are your suggestions?
I am thinking a P4 3.2g or Athlon XP 3400, with 2g of Ram. The question is what board do I get? Can I get away with a 6600, or should I go with a 6800? The 7800 is probably too expensive.
Thanks,
I just got a new monitor for Chirstmas. Its a Dell 2001 FPW, to go along with my Samsung 213T. I finally installed everything, and got it working correctly, but my video card appears to be just too slow.
I currently have an ASUS GeForce 5200 FX. I'm running Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The problem is that when I scroll down a page, or bring up a new window it takes about 1-2 seconds for the screen to render. That's just plain annoying. So I figure its time to upgrade.
The question is, what kind of GPU horse power does it take to run two monitors at that resolution? The 213T runs natively at 1600x1200, and the 2001 FPW runs natively at 1680x1050 (its widescreen).
I don't have a huge budget, and I want to upgrade my CPU/Mobo/Ram at the same time. What are your suggestions?
I am thinking a P4 3.2g or Athlon XP 3400, with 2g of Ram. The question is what board do I get? Can I get away with a 6600, or should I go with a 6800? The 7800 is probably too expensive.
Thanks,