ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
so im going to be getting 2 more 24" monitors to add to the one i already have pretty soon, and i was wondering how i would go about hooking them all up to the same pc. i also have my tv plugged in with an hdmi > dvi converter, so itll actually be 4 monitors. is this even possible? my 8800gts only has 2 dvi inputs, so i guess ill have to buy a new vid card?
Winston_Churchill
Bazinga!
+521|7001|Toronto | Canada

Send one to me then you'll be fine

And why 3 monitors?
ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
poker. playin 12 tables on 1 screen sucks, and i want to be able to play more than 12 at once
De Grote Boze Wolf
Member
+2|6584|Belgium
At work we will use 2 quadro FX 5xx or one quadro nvs  4xx to steer up to 4 monitors (CAD work).
These would be 20" non wide-screen.

I would not recommend these cards for games, but I would indeed use more videocards.
Stimey
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+786|6382|Ontario | Canada
yeah your gonna need a new video card.
and if you don't have any more PCIE x16 your kinda boned.
Actually just looked on newegg and there is this:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as … 6814102809

Last edited by Stimey (2009-07-02 08:35:56)

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TSI
Cholera in the time of love
+247|6243|Toronto
Or you could get a Matrox TripleHead2Go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
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.Sup
be nice
+2,646|6715|The Twilight Zone

TSI wrote:

Or you could get a Matrox TripleHead2Go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
does the word "triple" mean 3 monitor connection cos iggy needs 4 but yeah matrox' site is where you will find your solution
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menzo
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+616|6708|Amsterdam‫
just buy a 2nd vidcard and you are good to go
dont run sli
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ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
fuck so i gotta buy a new mobo and 2 video cards? or can i put 2 dif cards on the same mobo? help a brotha out

specs:

e8400
p5q pro
8800gts 320mb
corsair 620w psu
2gb ddr2 1066
Stimey
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+786|6382|Ontario | Canada
P5Q pro has two PCIE x16 slots, meaning you can have two graphics cards.

So you could keep your old one and get a new one, but you wouldn't be able to SLI it if its dfferent.
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DUnlimited
got any popo lolo intersting?
+1,160|6725|cuntshitlake

Get the cheapest nvidia card with 2 DVI slots there is. You can use them both off the P5Q Pro.
Prolink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi … esult=True
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ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
sick man i could have sworn i only had 1 pcie slot

tyty

so having 2 different cards will work fine? i assume i should get another 8 series so the drivers will be the same?

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Stimey
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+786|6382|Ontario | Canada
whats your budget?
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ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
i dont play games, so i just want the cheapest thing i can get. my mom has an 8400 gs in her comp, so ill prob just get another shitty one for hers and stick the 8400 in mine. that will work right?
Stimey
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+786|6382|Ontario | Canada
yep it should.
it may not be the same drivers but it should be alright.
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ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
well if it doesnt then im comin for you
Stimey
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+786|6382|Ontario | Canada
meet me in niagara foo
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DUnlimited
got any popo lolo intersting?
+1,160|6725|cuntshitlake

8400GS and 8800GTS use the same drivers. Should work good, just check hers indeed has two DVI slots (Or DVI and HDMI)
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ICCULUS
Free Sam, Ban Finray.
+418|5686|Athens, GA
ty
TSI
Cholera in the time of love
+247|6243|Toronto

.Sup wrote:

TSI wrote:

Or you could get a Matrox TripleHead2Go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
does the word "triple" mean 3 monitor connection cos iggy needs 4 but yeah matrox' site is where you will find your solution
It goes from one monitor to three monitors. That's what he needs.
I like pie.
DUnlimited
got any popo lolo intersting?
+1,160|6725|cuntshitlake

TSI wrote:

.Sup wrote:

TSI wrote:

Or you could get a Matrox TripleHead2Go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/
does the word "triple" mean 3 monitor connection cos iggy needs 4 but yeah matrox' site is where you will find your solution
It goes from one monitor to three monitors. That's what he needs.
No it isn't what he needs since it only supports 3 monitors while ig would need 3 + his TV. Besides he can get a better solution for one tenth of the price
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TSI
Cholera in the time of love
+247|6243|Toronto

DeathUnlimited wrote:

TSI wrote:

.Sup wrote:


does the word "triple" mean 3 monitor connection cos iggy needs 4 but yeah matrox' site is where you will find your solution
It goes from one monitor to three monitors. That's what he needs.
No it isn't what he needs since it only supports 3 monitors while ig would need 3 + his TV. Besides he can get a better solution for one tenth of the price

ig wrote:

so im going to be getting 2 more 24" monitors to add to the one i already have pretty soon, and i was wondering how i would go about hooking them all up to the same pc. i also have my tv plugged in with an hdmi > dvi converter, so itll actually be 4 monitors. is this even possible? my 8800gts only has 2 dvi inputs, so i guess ill have to buy a new vid card?
He has 2 dvi outputs. One goes to the TV, as is already the case, the other goes to the Matrox. That IS what he needs--4 screens total.
I like pie.
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6459|Winland

The TH2G doesn't support resolutions over 1680x1050 per screen anyhow, so it's kind of pointless for that big screens.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
max
Vela Incident
+1,652|6829|NYC / Hamburg

Just pick up a cheap 8400GS and 8500GT and connect the other monitors to it
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