Question

Can anyone recommend a basic video card that will run a Dell 3007WFP at 2560x1600 well enough for a business workstation? I don't need anything fancy, just a cheap VGA AGP card that won't stutter while I'm programming.

Thanks!

Edit

I meant to say AGP rather than VGA.

Answer 1

The Dell 3007WFP doesn't even accept a "VGA" input as it has no such connector to begin with ^^

It only has a dual-link DVI-D which requires a digital signal (it's not DVI-I as you can see it lacks the analog pins/holes to the right)...

I guess you're using the term "VGA" meaning "graphics card"... VGA is generally used to refer to the old analog RGB output... for that monitor you need dual-link DVI - which most modern graphics cards provide at "no extra cost" - just make sure it has dual-link dvi and supports the resolution needed and go for it - as you're not into 3D any cheap card with those two criteria will do fine.

Answer 2

I have an nVidia GeForce 9800GT with my Dell at 2560x1600 and it works well and runs a 2nd smaller monitor, too.

OS: CentOS 5.3+, nVidia proprietary driver - but had to use KVM rather than XEN for the driver to work (which is fine, now that it works).

I think this is the card I bought, but I'd have to confirm that and the monitor model when I'm in the office.