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Triple Monitor Setup - [fr31ns]Karrde - 06-13-2009

Trying to help my friend out here.  Long/Short he currently uses a dual monitor setup on a 6600GT and is looking to upgrade if he can get a triple setup.  His mobo only has one PCI-E slot so multiple GPUs is kinda not happening.

Quote:I was checking out the 9800 series, they appear to have 3 video connectors (2x hdmi, 1x dvi). Does this mean you can hook up 3 monitors or do they just provide different alternatives for 2 monitors?

Anyone got an answer? 

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - rumsfald - 06-13-2009

I am not familiar with the hardware, but a quick google suggests that it is possible

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/3-monitors-vista-64-bit-nvidia-9800-gx2



Re: Triple Monitor Setup - [fr31ns]Karrde - 06-13-2009

Thx rummy.  Considering he's a coder, he should be able to troubleshoot it since it obviously does work.

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - CaffeinePowered - 06-13-2009

Would it be possible to buy a cheap-o PCI video card for the third one, not familiar with using multiple video cards not in an SLI set up

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - [fr31ns]Karrde - 06-13-2009

He woulda done that, but with the hardware he uses and the way his mobo is, he can only use one slot.  So it has to be a one video card configuration.

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - HeK - 06-13-2009

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/qid_series/qidlppcie/

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - at0m - 06-13-2009

(06-13-2009, 11:00 PM)HeK link Wrote: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/qid_series/qidlppcie/
If he's got enough cash to drop on a Matrox card, he should just build a new rig. It'd probably be cheaper, and he could actually use it for gaming and not just video editing / software development / CAD work.

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - HeK - 06-13-2009

Yes, but that is out of the scope of the question.

I really don't see why he can't just cram in some plainjane PCI video cards for $20 a pop.

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - Wedge - 06-14-2009

(06-13-2009, 11:41 PM)HeK link Wrote: Yes, but that is out of the scope of the question.

I really don't see why he can't just cram in some plainjane PCI video cards for $20 a pop.

Quote:Karrde link=topic=3075.msg89987#msg89987 date=1244946425]
He woulda done that, but with the hardware he uses and the way his mobo is, he can only use one slot.  So it has to be a one video card configuration.

Not sure if that's actually a valid reason, but I can't imagine anything was made with support for something like that in mind unless it's supposed to work due to the natural architecture of whatever.

Re: Triple Monitor Setup - HeK - 06-14-2009

Well, the Matrox QID is $700... Tongue

Unless he has a mobo without any PCI slots, there shouldn't really be anything stopping him from plugging in an extra PCI video card. There should not be a resource conflict.