Recent content by hbarnwheeler

What are you doing such that a Q6600 @ 3.5GHz is hampering you?

No problem:

Everything just went smoothly for me: I entered the BIOS on first boot and set the igpu as the primary display device (with my display attached to the DVI port). Then, I installed windows and all of the motherboard drivers (including that for the iGPU). After Windows was installed and...

I just put the machine together and it works just fine. I've got an i5-3570K paired with an Nvidia 8400GS on an Asrock H77 Pro4/MVP and it is running 3 independent displays (extended desktop) no problem. It wasn't even a pain to set up. I just plugged it all in and it worked.

See this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2277958 I'm going to try with an Asrock Pro4/MVP and an 8400GS. I will report back when I can, though I don't know when I will have time to finish the build. If you beat me to it, let me know how it goes.

I wasn't able to find confirmation in the manuals of Gigabyte boards, but a Gigabyte representative did confirm over email that this would work. In reply to one of my questions:

Asrock boards provide mounting holes for 775 coolers. If you've got one you'd like to use, this can represent a significant savings.

I'm looking to do this myself with a new build. Asus tech support (via chat) claims that it is not possible with any of their H77/Z77 boards. A quick look through a few Asrock and MSI manuals suggests it is possible (Asrock calls it "Surround Display Feature" and MSI calls it "iGD Multi...