One 30 inch and 2 20 inchers?

[VERTIGGO]

I remember seeing somebody running a 30 inch with 2 sideways 20 inchers, and I am trying to figure out how he got that much resolution, or if he just stretch screened.

Does anyone have the link to that thread or the pics? Thanks.

 

[obeseotron]

Not sure about the thread you're talking about, but I do have a lot of experience with multimonitor setups (I do IT at a place with a lot of financial traders). A setup like the one you describe pretty much requires two video cards. The only cards I know of that support more than 2 monitors are either Matrox cards, which are over-priced, outdated, and don't support Dual-link DVI for the 30 incher, or nVidia cards like the NVS440 which are are actually 2 video cards on 1 PCB.

Easiest solution is to pick up a PCI video card to drive one or two of the 20's and drive the 30 off your main PCIe card (which will have to support Dual Link DVI). Rotation of the 20 inchers can be handled by the drivers for the PCI card, nVidia, Intel, and ATI all support this function.

 

[nitromullet]

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/ar...megapixel_desktop.html

http://www.dslreports.com/foru...79-Dell-30-and-two-20s

 

[n7]

I run a 30" & two 20" in portrait, but i use one of the 20s on my other PC, since my current motherboard refuses to let me run two video cards (unless in CF).

 

[VERTIGGO]

So I could just slap in my X1900XT as the "PCI" card? Do the standard drivers support this "non-SLI/Crossfire" method in 3d applications?

 

[obeseotron]

No, not your x1900xt, I was talking about an old style PCI card.

 

[VERTIGGO]

no my question is do the drivers support using 2 pci-e cards (like a 2900 and a 1900) in non-crossfire mode to run this Software Triple Head? Why would it have to be a PCI card?

 

[Polish3d]

I've just got one 20 incher

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: VERTIGGO
no my question is do the drivers support using 2 pci-e cards (like a 2900 and a 1900) in non-crossfire mode to run this Software Triple Head? Why would it have to be a PCI card?

If you have both, try it.

I would seriously like to know if it works for you, since i just noticed you have same mobo as i do.

I'm betting it doesn't work, but again, try it.

 

[VERTIGGO]

Actually, my apologies, the P5K is in the mail for RMA and the 2900 is also dead. I think a PSU burned them out, but I have no idea how. So I'm running my old AMD system until I get new parts. Damn! But I will try that eventually.