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babaganoosh
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March 10th, 2008 13:00
Optiplex 330 - dual monitors not doable?
A client ordered an optiplex 330, wanting to use it with 2 monitors (and ordered 2 monitors also, when he called in the order to dell).
the 330 came with the integrated VGA (analog) connector. that doesn't support 2 monitors.
looking on the dell website, the better video card for the optiplex 330 mini tower doesn't support dual monitors either? And you can't spec a dual monitor on their website for that PC, further supporting the idea that dual monitors aren't offered with the 330! Right?
thanks!
ty_ger
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Posted March 10th, 2008 14:00
That computer will accept a standard height PCI-Ex16 card. With that 305W power supply, it should be capable of operating video cards up to about a NVIDIA 8600GT performance level.
All you need is a aftermarket PCI-Ex16 video card with two signal outputs to have dual monitor support. The number of video cards available to you which will operate on the PCI-Ex16 bus and have dual monitor output is just mind boggling and making a recommendation at this point is not warranted.
What does this customer plan to do with their computer? Do they need a rather high powered video card, midrange, or low-end?