which video card two calibrate dual monitor setup ?

[anna_maerz]

<p>Hi,<br>

I have two monitors, Eizo 2233W, on win 7 64bit. I am editing and printing photos. Which card should I chose, that allows me to calibrate the two monitors correctly?</p>

 

[William Kahn]

<p>There are several out there, but I'm using an ATI Radeon HD 3400 series card (I don't recall the specific number). It works beautifully...</p>

[anna_maerz]

<p>William,<br /> Thank for your advice. I had a look at your card. It seams you do have one analogue and one digital connection. Is this correct? Do you get a good match between the two monitors and to your prints?</p>

<p>The shop around the corner sells a Gainward GT 220 with 1GB DDR3 ? Its cheap and you might use two digital exits at the same time. One DVI and one HDMI, which I would use with an adapter to make it an other regular DVI?!</p>

[frank_skomial]

<p>Also you may consider MATROX external dual or tripple monitor attachmment device, with any card that you already have. They are expensive.</p>

[anna_maerz]

<p>I never heard about this Matrox external box, Frank. I am looking for something that has proven to work with win7 64 bit, two Flexscan 2233w Eizo monitors (2xDVI or 2xHDMI connections) for which I have to be able to build and use two independent and simultaneously working profiles. Is it able to do that? DO you actualy use it in a similar setup?</p>

[William Kahn]

<p>Anna, sorry, it looks like the Radeon 3400 may not be a solution for you. Both my monitors are VGA, so I didn't consider the DVI aspect...</p>

[frank_skomial]

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-TripleHead2Go-Three-Monitor-Graphics-Expansion/dp/B000RMQZ96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275531613&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-TripleHead2Go-Three-Monitor-Graphics-Expansion/dp/B000RMQZ96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275531613&sr=8-1</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-DualHead2Go-Digital-Edition-D2G-A2D-IF/dp/B000QRTHX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275531613&sr=8-2">http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-DualHead2Go-Digital-Edition-D2G-A2D-IF/dp/B000QRTHX8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1275531613&sr=8-2</a></p>

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[martin_howard1]

<p>Something like a nVidia Geforce 9500GT will do fine as it has 2 DVI ports, and can be used with two monitor profiles.</p>

[anna_maerz]

<p>Thank you Frank. That really does look interested. I looked up the Website and they say it supports my system. But has anybody tried to built two separate profiles and use them simultaneously, one for each monitor?</p>

[anna_maerz]

<p>Martin,</p>

<p>do you happen to actually use it?</p>

[martin_howard1]

<p>I have not used that particular card.<br>

I have owned a number of similar GeForce cards and calibrated two monitors successfully with a Spyder 3 Pro.<br>

Currently I use a GTX275 with 2 monitors, 1 wide gamut, 1 normal using Win 7 64bit. Everything works fine.<br>

Essentially as long as it is a PCI-E card with 2 DVI ports you will be fine.</p>

[anna_maerz]

<p>Thank you Martin. I'll try that one.</p>