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Nvidia surround question

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So i've got my gtx 560 2GB sli installed and i'm very happy with it indeed (blows my old 480 away), the next step will be to go triple monitor. So that's all pretty straight forward, now what i'm thinking is that down the line i will also be buying a projector too, now obviously i'm not gonna be running all 4 at once but i just wanted to know if there will be any issues in hooking up the 4 devices to the cards at the same time and then enabling the one(s) i want when necessary. Anyone got any thoughts on this?
 
I'm pretty sure it works as you want it to, I know with my 6 output 5870, I can make a display group and have additional monitors connected without any issues, and I'm sure I've seen SLI set ups that allow the same (you do have SLi don't you?).
 
Won't be an issue having 4 devices plugged in at once but you may need to adjust which ones are enabled for surround - IIRC for desktop use you can have all 4 outputting at the same time.
 
for surround gaming with nvidia you need 2 cards. not 1 with large memory, 2 1gb cards will still only give you 1gb.

off topic For 3d surround, 2 2gb cards would be perfect.

you CAN force nvidia cards to run 3 monitors on 1 card, but i heard its a bad idea.
 
for surround gaming with nvidia you need 2 cards. not 1 with large memory, 2 1gb cards will still only give you 1gb.

off topic For 3d surround, 2 2gb cards would be perfect.

As i said in the op the cards are gtx 560 2GB cards

Won't be an issue having 4 devices plugged in at once but you may need to adjust which ones are enabled for surround - IIRC for desktop use you can have all 4 outputting at the same time.

Ta, thats what i wanted to hear :)
 
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