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scofthe7seas:
Why would you need two video cards? Most modern cards (I would say all, but some dirt cheap ones don't) have dual monitor output. Maybe if you wanted the third screen for the DMD, then yes, but from what I've seen, most people just put the DMD on the second one. Plus, for 64 bit, you don't need 4. The only thing a 64bit OS allows is the (full) usage of 4 Gigs on up. I am running 64bit windows 7 on my cheapy CPU.

Donkbaca:
From what I have seen, most people have 3 monitors, at least most of the good cabs I have seen. 

Are you saying it runs flawless on your PC with the full playfield being viewed?

I guess if you are willing to spend all that money for 3 monitors, and all that time building the cab, and knockers and solenoids, and all that other stuff, a couple hundred bucks to run things at the max level isn't a deal breaker, and you want the experience to be the best it can be.

scofthe7seas:

--- Quote from: Donkbaca on May 12, 2011, 05:18:35 pm ---Are you saying it runs flawless on your PC with the full playfield being viewed?

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Yes, flawless, full playfield. No problems. Maybe not 10000 FPS, but more than enough that my brain can't comprehend a drop.

If you did want 3 screens, for the dmd you could certainly get a super crappy 20 dollar video card for that. A Pci one should be able to handle it no problem.

This is what I'm saying, a Core I7 and a GTX 480 are not a few hundred more. Together they equal more than the price of one (or two if you get a good deal) of the screens on the thing!


--- Quote from: lilshawn on May 12, 2011, 03:02:57 pm ---maybe it's just plain ignorance of the requirements to attain what you need to do. you don't need to play video games at 4096×2160 (almost 4 times the
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This. I think this is probably the answer, but wanted confirmation that there wasn't a better reason. I mean, maybe in the future there could be some new software (Futurer Pinball?) That needs something beefier, but I think the people who buy these kinds of parts now will surely will just buy new parts when that happens.. :P

* Also, I think some people in the pinball community might actually literally physically be made of money. At least it seems that way with some of the collections I’ve seen!!

Dazz:
I think that VP is more optimized for use with AMD processors.  VP will run better on lower spec'd AMD machines than it will on higher end Intel CPU's.

scofthe7seas:
I have a fairly modest (by today's standards.. 60$) Intel processor.. maybe they're catching up, or compensating?  :dunno

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