Triple head PCIe card

[DeeJay-Mo]

Please can you suggest an alternative to the Matrox Parhelia APVe.
I want a triple head card for doing audio and video production, only, no gaming.
The card must be capable of driving three analog LCDs @ 1280x1024.
Motherboard is an ASUS P5LD2-VM, with a Pentium CPU and Kingston RAM.
Thanks.

 

[tbz_ck]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17544648

hth

 

[DeeJay-Mo]

Yea, I saw that, but it doesn't really help me, as I would prefer three discrete desktops rather than a huge desktop stretched over three monitors.
Anybody else got a suggestion?

 

[DeeJay-Mo]

I guess then that there's no alternative, if I've got all you guys stumped.
Looks like I'll have to shell out for the Matrox.

 

[StevenG]

you could have 2 PCI Express cards (not SLI) and have upto 4 monitors

 

[james.miller]

there are no other triple head cards. you'll have to bite the bullet and go for two cards of a combination. two pci-e of you have an sli board, or 1x agp/1x pci, 1x pci-e/1x pci ect. Or one card and a motherboard with onboard graphics.

with my motherboard with an onboard x200 and my x800gto2, i can power 4 displays+tv and could have another 2 if i added a pci card.

 

[sja360]

thing is the guy is wanting 3 seperate desktops, not extending it across three monitors, afaik you cant do 3 seperate desktops? i know you can clone outputs and extend.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

You can do three seperate desktops with two dual headed cards or three single headed cards

The Matrox is still the only card that offers triple head output

I've got an AGP X800Pro and a PCI 9250 and I can drive four independent desktops

 

[DeeJay-Mo]

Thanks for the replies
I shoulda been more specific. What I mean is I want to EXTEND the desktop rather than stretching it.
My mobo only has one PCIe x16 slot, but it will have a free small size PCIe slot.
I like the idea of using the onboard graphics plus an extra card. Is there anything I have to look out for when chosing a card?
How will I know if the card I chose is compatible?

 

[sja360]

Thanks for the replies
I shoulda been more specific. What I mean is I want to EXTEND the desktop rather than stretching it.
My mobo only has one PCIe x16 slot, but it will have a free small size PCIe slot.
I like the idea of using the onboard graphics plus an extra card. Is there anything I have to look out for when chosing a card?
How will I know if the card I chose is compatible?

oh in that case just get two cards one with two outputs the other can be some old card with a vga out, that'll do it no bother.

 

[james.miller]

id wait for somebody esle to confirm this, but i dont know of any reason why a particular card wouldnt work. Display properties should just pick up on any display that you can use

like that

 

[ajgoodfellow]

All cards should work

Often, to avoid any possible issues with drivers I'd tend to go with the same make of card (ie ATI & ATI, nVidia & nVidia, etc)