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For my old machine, I ordered them from Dell directly.
But for example the Z400 is often sold without graphics adapter. You can then buy the card from HP - certified to work - and put it into the slots. For Lenovo I do not remember.
I think this card rocks if you have display port displays. If not, you can still use it but you have to buy adapter cables, which are ok for DVI, but rather expensive for dual-DVI.
This card makes sense, if you buy new monitors with display ports. If you have a bunch of DVI monitors, the adapters will make this solution more expensive than two NVidia NVS 295 cards.
Positive:
Low power consumption
Negative:
Neither HP, Dell nor Lenovo offer this card for their workstations. Why?
Note that it is a relatively new product, which was only launched in 2010. As it does not have DVI connectors, the three companies may have feared complaints of their customers.
The retail package should include 4 mini display port to DVI cables. I expect that these adapters are single link, so each can be used up to max. 1920x1200 pixels. So the price is final.
I hopefully get my card next week. A short review will be posted here...
My experience is similar. I actually sold my ATI cards because of the problems with charting in NT ... lines made by crosshairs and sometimes other draw objects left artifacts until the chart was redrawn ..no help from ATI support!. no such problem with Nvidia.
It is nice to have big monitors: I have 2 x 28" and had an additional 2 x24" at the same time. I understand that the cards designed for the financial markets use have better drivers included for 2D charting .. I have no personal experience however.