ASUS A8N-VM CSM

[n7]

With this motherboard's onboard graphics (it has DVI & VGA), can one use the onboard video as well as using a dedicated PCI-e graphics card?

I don't know alot about the newer onboard solutions, but IIRC, with older motherboards, when installing a video card, the onboard VGA would be automatically disabled.
Is there a way to prevent it from being disabled on the ASUS A8N-VM CSM?

Reason for asking this is that someone i know has plans for a triple or quad monitor setup.

 

[dainthomas]

No.

 

[n7]

So i would have to go with a PCI-e card & PCI card to ideally set up 3 displays?

Would i run into any issues with using both cards simultaneously, assuming i stick with the same brands (ATi + ATi or nVidia + nVidia).

What about with SLI?
Can i use outputs from both cards for a triple display?

 

[rbV5]

Seems I recall that 6100/6150 nvidia onboard graphics now allow you to not disable the onboard video while running an additional card like ATI's IGP.

Wesley even mentioned it with the 6100 preview

There is even good news here as NVIDIA mirrors ATI in now giving the user the option to run integrated graphics and a PCIe video card at the same time.

Link

 

[n7]

Thanx very much!

I had thought i'd seen something about that capability, but couldn't remember.

 

[mset]

As some of you know I have been hanging around here trying to figure out the best dual monitor solution for a non gamer. I found this at the xbitlabs

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/chipsets/display/gf6150-gf6100_3.html

"The GeForce 6150 and 6100 are both equipped with a PCI Express x16 bus which can be used to connect an external graphics card to be used instead of the integrated graphics or as an additional graphics accelerator, working together with the integrated one. By default, these chipsets do not disable the integrated graphics core when an external graphics card is installed and thus can support four-monitor configurations."