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Three monitors on one computer?

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foolfromhell

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I have one GFX card, and another one in storage. The one I have in my computer is a 8800GTX, with a 7600GT is dont use. My motherboard had 3 PCI-E slots, two 16x and one 8x. Can I put my 7600GT in one of them and run three monitors? My two 20inch 16:10 monitors from my 8800 and my 19inch 5:4 from the 7600GT?
 
I'm unsure if the 8800 will run two by itself. If it does then yes you can do that. There will be a limitation in Vista though. To run Glass on all three they all three must use the same Vista driver. Since the 8800 and 7xxx use different drivers you won't get Glass.

no other limitation though in either XP or Vista
 
I have a 680i motherboard, if that helps. The 20inch monitors are in DVI, the 19inch is in VGA with a DVI adaptor.
Edit: Can I have glass on two, but not third?
I am in XP MCE 05 right now.
Dont have the 20 inch monitors yet. I have only one 20inch monitor and one 19inch. I was going to buy my friend's 20inch since he is going to upgrade to a 24inch.
Sorry if I implied I had all of them.
Thanks for teh reply.
 
For XP MCE you can run three yes. No worries.

For Vista, you won't have glass with dissimilar video drivers. You can't have it on one video card but not the other. All or nothing.
 
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