- Aug 6, 2013
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Hey guys, I've been lurking around for a long time but never really had anything worth posting.
I do have a couple of questions that I haven't really been able to get any clear answers to. Here's my setup:
2X Nvidia GTX 560ti 2GB running in SLI mode.
Intel Core I7 3770K Ivy Bridge running on stock clock speed
32 GB Kingston Hyper-X Blu ram (8GBx4) - Overkill, I know, but I got a really good deal on it.
All running on a Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 motherboard.
Not sure if all that's relevant, but there you go.
Basically my question is this. Why is it that when running my video card in SLI mode, can I only run 2 monitors? Each card has 3 outputs, so I would understand if I could only run 3 monitors, but why two?
This is mostly a concern because my end goal is to be able to run 3 monitors using Nvidia Surround. Now, I was able to take my cards out of SLI and set up the third monitor that way, I wasn't able to configure surround because apparently one of my monitors isn't compatible. So my question is, am I not going to be able to run surround and SLI simultaneously? If not, that more or less defeats the purpose of running dual GPUs.
I guess I'd just like some clarification on the subject from somebody who's a bit wiser than myself, or somebody who's run a similar setup. I'm just not sure I understand the logic here, or maybe I'm missing something. Please also let me know if there is somewhere more appropriate I should be posting this...
Appreciate the help in advance guys!
I do have a couple of questions that I haven't really been able to get any clear answers to. Here's my setup:
2X Nvidia GTX 560ti 2GB running in SLI mode.
Intel Core I7 3770K Ivy Bridge running on stock clock speed
32 GB Kingston Hyper-X Blu ram (8GBx4) - Overkill, I know, but I got a really good deal on it.
All running on a Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 motherboard.
Not sure if all that's relevant, but there you go.
Basically my question is this. Why is it that when running my video card in SLI mode, can I only run 2 monitors? Each card has 3 outputs, so I would understand if I could only run 3 monitors, but why two?
This is mostly a concern because my end goal is to be able to run 3 monitors using Nvidia Surround. Now, I was able to take my cards out of SLI and set up the third monitor that way, I wasn't able to configure surround because apparently one of my monitors isn't compatible. So my question is, am I not going to be able to run surround and SLI simultaneously? If not, that more or less defeats the purpose of running dual GPUs.
I guess I'd just like some clarification on the subject from somebody who's a bit wiser than myself, or somebody who's run a similar setup. I'm just not sure I understand the logic here, or maybe I'm missing something. Please also let me know if there is somewhere more appropriate I should be posting this...
Appreciate the help in advance guys!
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