3 monitors?

[kd2777]

I have a nforce2 IGP motherboard (Shuttle MN31N) and would like to hook up 3 monitors (just to see what it is like). I have a 4200ti in the AGP slot and have 2 monitors hook to it. I would like to hook up a third via the onboard graphics but I can't find anywhere in the BIOS that lets me turn it on. Does it auto detect the AGP card then disable the onboard? If anyone knows of a way or definitively that it can't be done let me know.

Thanks

KD

 

[RandomFool]

i'm not sure but i think it does. I just setup an old ecs board that disabled the onboard video after I installed an agp card. I looked around in the bios but couldn't find anything about disabling/reenabling it.

 

[Ryoga]

If you absolutely must have 3 monitors, pick up a cheap PCI vid card.

 

[kd2777]

No I don't have to have them, but I just wanted to see what it looked like. I have had dual monitors for a couple of years and thought if two was so good maybe three would be better. If it doesn't work it isn't that big a deal.

Thanks

KD

 

[Shooters]

The onboard graphics runs on the AGP bus, so that's why you can't use it and a card in the AGP slot at the same time.

 

[Mavrick007]

If you don't find a setting in the bios or a jumper/dip switch on the board then it must detect the AGP card. Usually though you have something in the bios that states PCI/AGP etc. An AGP card would probably override the onboard though since they operate on the same bus essentially.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Shooters
The onboard graphics runs on the AGP bus, so that's why you can't use it and a card in the AGP slot at the same time.

Yeah. Better to get a PCI dual-head video card, like a GF4 MX440, or a Radeon 7500/9000/9100/9200 (not nec. in that order).