Nforce 4 SLI - Can you do 3 monitors?

[vorpel]

Hi. I am looking into building a new system, and wanted to know if it is possible to run 3 monitors on a Nforce 4 SLI mobo with 2 GeForce 6600GT's (or other cards as well).

Also, does anyone know if there are any games that support 3 monitors? I know that Farcry will support 2 monitors, but with the center being in the middle - between two screens, it is impossible to play.

Thanks!

-DC

 

[michaeldorian]

Yes you can run 3 monitors, but only when you disable SLI in the control panel. The current drivers do not support Multi-Monitors. SLI-Multi GPU Rendering will only work on 1 single monitor outputed to the primary card and DVI port 1.

 

[vorpel]

Thanks for the heads up!

While it would be cool to have a 3 monitor setup and play that way, it's good to know that SLI won't buy me anything.

Here's my system setup:

AMD64 3200+ on a MSI Nforce 3 Ultra
1024M Geil CAS2 6332-1T memory
Gainward 6800GT golden sample (dual-dvi connections)
(2) Dell 2001fp monitors (3rd one might become availble - hence why I'm looking at this)


What would be the best way to go about setting up a 3 monitor system? I would assume that I would need to add a PCI video card for the 3rd monitor connection, but I want to play with this setup in games like Farcry, HL2, Doom3, etc. Maybe a SLI rig with SLI disabled would be the way to go - paired with a couple of 6800GTs.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

-DC

 

[mwmorph]

a bunch of games support 3 monitors. (quake 3 engine, nascar 2002,2k3,2k4 games,unrealtournament 2k3,2k4, ms flight sim, half life 2 just to name a few.)

ps search surround gaming to see how beautiful they are.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Next time please do a search. This question is asked almost daily.

Welcome to the forums.

-Kevin

 

[swatX]

i am not sure if u can enjoy a 3setup monitor gaming with either nvidia nor ATI since they dont have any driver support for a 3 monitor gaming..

but then again i might be wrong..

EDIT: i guess you can do 3 monitor setup after all..

 

[Chinoman]

DXG 4 monitor support

 

[ohnnyj]

Originally posted by: Chinoman
DXG 4 monitor support

But as that page says it only works on the Ultra not the SLI.

 

[vorpel]

Thanks everyone for the information. Actually I did do a search, but I was specifically asking about SLI, so that was the reason why there wasn't anything.

- DC