[rescue] quad head pci video cards

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 5, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Curious George <jorge234q at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a box full of old Colorgraphics Evolution 4 cards,
>> about 30 of them, but with only about 25 of the 'squid' 4xVGA
>> dongles that go with them.  I picked them up with the idea
>> of playing with large display walls, the most I ever did was
>> an old box with three of them for a 4x3
>
> [snip]
>
> I've not been able to find any specifications for these  :<
> I've been looking for a couple of dual head PCI cards for a
> pair of servers here (don't ask  :> ).  But, not knowing
> what these are capable of (resolution, driver, etc.)...

I'll second someone else's suggestion of the Matrox G450 card, but  
also the ATI 9250 is another good choice for a low-priced, well- 
performing PCI video card, which I believe supports dual heads. The  
Matrox boards are (I believe) considered server grade boards...

Lionel