- Jan 1, 2004
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I just installed a new mobo that has HDMI onboard. I had initially intended on hooking up my LCD TV to this mobo's onboard HDMI and then using a video card to get signals to my dual LCD monitors.
Well it turns out the only easy way to get 3 displays present while using this mobo is to use "surroundview" mode which only works with an ATI video card. I currently have an Nvidia EN8500GT (fan-cooled) card.
So it looks like I'll need to get rid of this nvidia card and replace it with an a card made or supported by ATI. I'm sort've a computer hardware noob so please recommend a decent equivalent ATI card to replace this nvidia.
Please note that I don't game with my LCD monitors and I don't usually play any hi-def content on the video card to the monitors either. It is my understanding this Gigabyte mobo's "surroundview" feature can use some portion of the video card's shared memory however.
For reference I am using the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H.
If anyone has a comment on the "surroundview" feature please let me know. I haven't gotten many definitive responses to it's ability to allow 3 monitors to work simultaneously.
Well it turns out the only easy way to get 3 displays present while using this mobo is to use "surroundview" mode which only works with an ATI video card. I currently have an Nvidia EN8500GT (fan-cooled) card.
So it looks like I'll need to get rid of this nvidia card and replace it with an a card made or supported by ATI. I'm sort've a computer hardware noob so please recommend a decent equivalent ATI card to replace this nvidia.
Please note that I don't game with my LCD monitors and I don't usually play any hi-def content on the video card to the monitors either. It is my understanding this Gigabyte mobo's "surroundview" feature can use some portion of the video card's shared memory however.
For reference I am using the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H.
If anyone has a comment on the "surroundview" feature please let me know. I haven't gotten many definitive responses to it's ability to allow 3 monitors to work simultaneously.