Dual DVI, PCI video card: Diamond BizView BV200

LincLinc OwnerDetroit Icrontian
edited March 2007 in Science & Tech
This ain't no trail blazer, but don't guffaw at it either. The Diamond Bizview BV200 has got some life in her yet.
There are millions of office workers trapped in cubicles all over the world with a pathetic machine such as this, a collection of hardware saved from obsolescence solely by the fact that their company hasn’t bothered to update the office software they bought ten years ago when this computer was new. I know this to be true, because I have worked on hundreds of such machines. There ought to be a magnetic car ribbon to display as a sign of solidarity with the poor souls stuck with one of these relics.

Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    Alright! Ha ha, enjoyed it. You might be surprised how many perfectly capable (capable for offices apps, that is) PCI video cards are still available. For business machines, most of them will work quite well. You can even snatch dual-monitor Nvidia Quadros off eBay for $40 and under.

    Nicely done, Prof.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    Diamond also makes a big brother to the BV200, but it's PCI express - which means it's only for newer computers - and really I can't think of a huge market for dual DVI PCI Express cards based on a low-end chipset. What i mean to say is that any computer that has a PCI-E video slot is probably already capable of dual screens.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    Right. Dual output is no longer the gee-whiz, cutting edge that it used to be.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2007
    Leonardo wrote:
    Right. Dual output is no longer the gee-whiz, cutting edge that it used to be.
    Except when you can get it from an old computer with no AGP and but a single PCI slot, then it's remarkable. :D
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited March 2007
    Prof good read, and a refresh to our lowly PC's who can't harness the true power of today's monsters :) Dual monitors is on the rise and this card makes it possible for companies with older machines to make it happen.
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