3rd monitor?

[Terrier_Jimlad]

Hi guys,

I currently have 2 monitors running off my HD4870 but could really use a 3rd ... would it just be a case of buying a cheapo PCI-E graphics card, popping it into my spare PCI-E slot, install the usual drivers for the card, and wham bam my 3rd monitor will be ready to use?

I've never run 2 gfx cards alongside each other that have not been the same card (SLI'd etc)

Thanks!

 

[Ghost-Reaper]

Yeah exactly that. I have a 4870X2 in the first slot of my motherboard powering a 30" monitor and a 4670 in the last slot powering two 22". easy peazy use the driver software to setup how the monitors are aligned and connected.
Running these two cards not sli/crossfire has no problems, speaking from sli and crossfire bad experience

 

[Sasahara]

Just stick with the same GPU make, ATI in your case, mixing drivers is a nono.

 

[doiks14]

Another solution is the triplehead2go.

 

[go.mole]

Just stick with the same GPU make, ATI in your case, mixing drivers is a nono.

I did run two nVidia cards which worked fine, now I'm trying an ati and nvidia and it's not going well

So follow Sasahara's advice.

 

[Minimoke]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3149936&l=4fc63efdd6&id=742735774

There's my setup, and I love it. I got the two 15" Dell's for £20 each!

 

[MoRT489]

Another solution is the triplehead2go.

Not worth it for £250 unless ur gaming across all 3 at the same resolution, and even then i'd recommend one big monitor rather than 3.

 

[Terrier_Jimlad]

s'ok, i've found my old trusty ATI X1650 Pro which uses the same drivers i think ... i'll post pics soon!

 

[Smoke-Alot]

this is something i could do with looking into, i didnt think it was possible until i read this post,

Thank for the heads up

 

[ed79]

I use http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/ to play games across 3 monitors - great for driving games.

 

[_paul_]

my eyes have just been opened to a whole new world of gaming lol, thx for the link ed79