3 monitor support

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

I've gone mad.......*pulls hair*

Im looking for a video card to support 3 simultaneous CRT monitors. One on each side of the center.

Anyone help out here?
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

Do you want to run from PCIE, AGP, PCI, or "doesn't matter" slot? Besides PCIEx16 or AGP, how many PCI slots are available for the task? Do you want to buy new cards or are used OK?

-=Pyro-Psycho=- · Tweakafile Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Posts: 935 Location: TN

So you want 3 monitors on one card?
http://www.3dlabs.com/products/product.asp?prod=273
That looks like it will support up to four. I have no idea though just throwing something out there. Maybe ATi's work station cards would support something like your looking for.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

Hose...doesnt matter..... thanks PP

I have one agp slot...and more than enough availble PCI slots....the cards dont have to be awesome...just enough to run MW4....*grins* everything else i need them for isnt gaming related....

i think i see where youre going though....like perhaps...add two PCI vid cars to the already existing agp?
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

One alternative is to replace your AGP card with a Matrox P750. It's a tri-head AGP.

Or, if you're keeping your AGP card, you can add:
a. Matrox G450 PCI dualhead... it has 1 VGA + 1 DVI-I port
b. Matrox G550 PCI dualhead... has a dongle splitter for either 2 VGA or 2 DVI-I
c. Nvidia has a dualhead PCI.. it's FX5200, I think.
d. 2, ATI Xpert128 singlehead VGA

So long as you are using a *genuine* maker video card (not 3rd party), most of these will work.

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

I would try to get the same chipset as your current vid card, just to avoid driver issues. Now, if you had an SLI board..............quad-monitor support, baby.
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

If your fX5600 is a single head card, there's no way to "dual" it. However, either of the Matrox cards should work with it. They are of the workstation variety... "high quality 2D text display" is their hallmark. Don't expect significant 3D support from them.

[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

I believe that 5600 has DVI and VGA out and does support dual monitors. Although it won't do it with great frame rates.
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

It's Mechwarrior we're talking about here.............it runs at 100fps on an MX400.

Anyway, yeah, it's a dual-head card, one's a DVI port. You'll need an adapter if you only have analog monitors.........I have a few dozen, if you need one. For the second card, you can get an FX5700 for about $90, a 5200 for about $80, or even less. Those are also dual-head, so you could actually run FOUR monitors, if you wanted.............and they'd be a match for your 5600.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

exactly....lol

good advice guys
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