3 monitors help required

[Chris C]

Hi all,

I recently bought a 26" TFT but before that I had 2xDell 20.1" widescreens. I relly want to have the smaller screens in portrait wither side of the 26" one.

I have a 8800GTS in at the moment but this only has 2xDVI so I have one monitor portrait atm and one doing nothing.

my mobo is an ASUS P5K premium black pearl. it says it has 2xPCI-E slots, 1x16 and 1x4

I really want my GTS to run the 26" screen and another card to run the 2x portrait ones. Can this be done, and what would I need ? Another PCI-E gfx card ?

thanks for any help
Chris

 

[Strife212]

Yes, its really easy, just get another PCI-E card

 

[Chris C]

lie this one ?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-058-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=912&name=OcUK%20GeForce%208600%20GT%20256MB%20GDDR3%20HDTV/Dual%20DVI%20(PCI-Express)%20-%20Retail

it has 2xDVI so i can run the 2 smaller screens off it and use my 8800GTS for games?

 

[Van Diemen]

And with the new 180.4X drivers due on Monday you will be able to use the 8600 to do the PhysX calculations, will add a few more frames per sec in a few games

 

[Chris C]

Awesome, I was just worried I couldnt put any old card in the x4 PCI-E slot. I'll order one of those

 

[Strife212]

Yep it will be fine