# Running dual monitors, some questions and video card suggestions... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 30, 2008, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/running-dual-monitors-some-questions-and-video-card-suggestions/50811 "2008-06-30T07:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/running-dual-monitors-some-questions-and-video-card-suggestions/50811/16 "2008-06-30T13:11:59Z")
What I’m talking has to be different rendering codecs/etc. I’m not doing a lot of 3Dmax/etc stuff, most of mine is Pro/E and Solidworks. My biggest thing is real-time shading/low-end rendering for modeling; when doing the models I’m dealing with, I notice a HUGE difference in how the PC works with different cards. With my 8600GT; I’d open a model and to go from Shaded to a hidden wireframe would take upwards of 30-40 seconds; and rotating a hidden wireframe model was a nightmare, might as well just click, move your mouse and walk away. With the FX4500, it’s almost instantaneous. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/running-dual-monitors-some-questions-and-video-card-suggestions/50811)._