multiseat

[Daniel Stone]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 01:48:12AM -0400, Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 7/30/05, Daniel Stone <daniel at fooishbar.org> wrote:
> > Right.  Unfortunately, this is particularly the case with old drivers
> > for old cards that no-one cares about anymore, which also happens to be
> > the cheapest way to fly.  And often, the motivator for multiseat setups
> > is to reduce cost.  Finding new cards x4 (i.e. one AGP and three PCI) is
> > surprisingly non-trivial.  I set out with a mandate to get three PCI
> > GeForces (any generation), and wandered around Melbourne's swap meets,
> > which have the cheapest kit, and often second-hand.  $230 later, I had
> > my three cards.
> 
> You can buy brand new PCI Radeon 7000 with dual heads for $27.
> http://store.yahoo.com/str8buy/chaingefmx4x.html
> It is available from lots of other vendors at around $30.
> 
> Brand new 9250 for $44
> http://www.mtssales.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=384438

Which is $us.  And also far, far too much for people looking to save
money.