I am thinkin of runnin 3 monitor setup. All i really do is a lot of web surfing. some gamming and chatting. i used to run twin monitor setup with my matrox g400 dual head and it was cool. but i have a question , i have seen dual monitor pci card on ebay. are any of them good enough quality to try? i have 3 trinitron monitors 19" and wanna know if it is easy to setup?
Triple monitor setup!
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Argh...i forget the user here who runs a triple setup. Check the Friday Desktop thread for his setup. It's pretty bad ass.
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I love my G450DH but I want some more 3D power out of my system. I might eventually get a G450 PCI and run a Radeon 9000 or GF4 Ti4200 on the AGP port.
To answer your question, yes it is possible. I used to run G450 with an ATi 4MB PCI card on a triple monitor setup. It's incredibly easy. Just make sure to boot with the PCI video set as primary for Win2k/XP.
To answer your question, yes it is possible. I used to run G450 with an ATi 4MB PCI card on a triple monitor setup. It's incredibly easy. Just make sure to boot with the PCI video set as primary for Win2k/XP.
I might eventually get a G450 PCI ................that sounds like the plan. i want to keep my geforce 3 for now. i am happy with it. i wouldnt mind another matrox product...i just love matrox...as far as the new 3 head monitor. i had been waiting for it for many months...but decided i am gunna wait till prices drop! and games have more support for it.
The computer automatically selects the top (closest to the processor) PCI card as the primary display card. However, once you've got all your video cards in and working, you can select a different card as the primary in Win2K (XP too?). The result is that your computer will boot off your top PCI card, and then switch over to the primary card selected in windows after the OS loads.
One of the research areas I was involved with as an undergrad was putting together a multi-to-multi internet bases video conferencing system. Our display machine had three cards in it... two PCI vid cards, and one AGP dual headed card. The dual headed card and one of the PCI cards drove projectors while the third PCI card drove the console display. Pretty sweet stuff.
Ryan
Hmm.. All my motherboards choose the AGP card as primary unless I change it in the BIOS.
And as you mentioned, the AGP card can be set as primary within Windows.
Originally posted by: dlaw
Why run 3 monitors when you only have two eyes?
with dual monitors, it's not like you keep on eye on each one. the more monitors, the more data you can see without having to alt-tab.
Originally posted by: gopunk
with dual monitors, it's not like you keep on eye on each one. the more monitors, the more data you can see without having to alt-tab.Originally posted by: dlaw Why run 3 monitors when you only have two eyes?
Lol....sure I know
...I have a G450 myself....but I don't really wanna turn on two monitors at the same time.... too much radiation Edit: But of course, if you have three LCDs...that's another story.
unfortunately I have only one.3 monitors is DOPPE
i have 2 15" planar lcd's and a 17.4" planar LCD for my setup...it's so damn pimp!! they are all black and beautiful!
i have 2 15" planar lcd's and a 17.4" planar LCD for my setup...it's so damn pimp!! they are all black and beautiful!
i just bought 2 monitors today. I now have 3 Identical 19" trinitron monitors. just need to get 2 pci video cards! man i got a dope deal. i drove 3 hours to los angeles and got 2 kds avitron monitors. 280$ out the door with 90 day warranty. they are refurbed ...the guy sells tons of monitors on ebay! his building was of quite impressive size! he is in gardena!? anyway 140$ out the door for 1 19" trinitron monitor is dope. the computer i am using now has one of his monitors on it as i speak....no flaws. i am very pleased! what is the cheapest pci cards i should get that run good resolution and blah blah? i am not sure what kind of pcicards to get? dual head? there are a bunch on ebay. anyone has 2 cards let me know. i am gunna be shopping for the next week or two for them! Let me know if you want his address. he ships and has a reputable business.
I run three CRT monitors @ 1280x1024. Each monitor has its own dedicated graphics pipe. Then again, it is an SGI Onyx2 with 3 InfiniteReality2 pipes.
I am upgrading to two IBM 9 Megapixel monitors & four InfiniteReality4 pipes, real soon now.
I am upgrading to two IBM 9 Megapixel monitors & four InfiniteReality4 pipes, real soon now.
BigPotato, I'm not positive about it yet, but I think I hate you too
Awesome setup, how much did it cost ya?
Awesome setup, how much did it cost ya?
Wow!! I'm so jealous. Can you game on that? What videocard do you run? Very very very nice!!
I'm running a lousy Single 17" CRT, and its a horrible monitor too.
Originally posted by: Mikki
BigPotato, I'm not positive about it yet, but I think I hate you too
Awesome setup, how much did it cost ya?
the 15's cost me $250 each...and the 17.4" cost me $550
not TOO bad...it's totally worth it!
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