I drove my two Samsung monitors in portrait mode with no problems on my oldish ATI 9800 Pro. that was at 1600 x 1200 on both in 2D text mode, not 3D gamer mode. So I'm a bit confused that you took a performance hit. The ATI drivers had support for switching from landscape to portrait, too. My nVidia card does that too, but it has two DVI outputs rather than one of each. Bottom line is I don't see that its such an issue in finding a card, especially since you have budget! Oh, in the end, I switched back to landscape mode, running at 1600x1200 on each. I just like it better for what I do AND my monitors don't look good looking at at them. Very uneven from top to bottom on portrait mode.
---- "Mesdaq wrote: > Hey All, > > Looking for some quick advice on which video card to request at work. I > have 2 LCD screens that are both DVI and analog inputs. So obviously I > would prefer a card that is good for business applications and supports > DVI natively. Another thing I like to do is put my monitors in portrait > mode so that I get more top to bottom real estate. But I have noticed > that kills video performance. I am assuming its from redrawing > everything on screen instead of at a lower level so a card that could do > that natively would be great. Oh yeah one more thing it can't be a $500 > card since I have to get my work to approve it. > > Thanks, > ------------------------------------------ > Ali Mesdaq > Security Researcher II > Websense Security Labs > http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com > ------------------------------------------ >
