Affordable Workstation Graphics Card Shoot-Out

MojoKid writes "While workstation graphics cards are generally much more expensive than their gaming-class brethren, it's absolutely possible to build a budget-minded system with a workstation-class graphics card to match. Both NVIDIA and ATI have workstation-class cards that scale down below $500, a fraction of the price of most high-end workstation cards. This round-up looks at three affordable workstation cards, two new FireGL cards from AMD/ATI and a QuadroFX card from NVIDIA, and offers an evaluation of their relative performance in applications like Cinema 4D, 3D StudioMax, and SpecViewperf, as well as their respective price points."

Comments

Dual Monitor Support For X

[zIRtrON]

I have not struggled with an XFree86 config since I was a noob, and I think now there's x.org to check out.
The only thing I want is dual monitor support under linux.

I'm on osx most of the time except when I code.

I have a spare P4 lying around and the only thing that makes me stop setting it up is that I don't know what the state of dual monitor support under linux is.

I would like to know of an equipmentvoting website that answers to the point in forum style discussions simple questions:

1. What cards are supported under X for dual monitor support? Free or non-free, then I'll get into the politics of it.
2. How much memory is needed to run normal 2d stuff - like editors and IDEs on a couple of big screens.
3. What's the difference for getting 3d into that same card, or it's higher up cousins?

A timeline/graph on this fabled website would be great too, so I can know what the background of the graphics industry is like so I can consider what is hot in the next 12 months....

Any pointers?

Re:Workstation class??

[slawo]

You are off the point. Nothing in the post was informative. The post explains nothing and clarifies nothing... the simple fact of marking it as informative is wrong. This is something I don't get.