Hi guys,
I am planning to build a setup based on the ASUS P5N32 Premium mobo (N590 chipset, 2x16 PCIe supporting quad SLI) but in a slightly non-standard configuration and I was wandering if this would work:
PCEe slot 1: N7950 GX2 conected to a Matroc Triplehead2Go, running at 1280x1024x3 resolution (3 monitors 1280x1024 each). This will run 3D games etc.
PCIe slot 2: N7600 connected to two 1024x768 res monitors (standard nView wide desktop mode). This will show Skype/Messenger, browser apps. while gaming.
Please note that these cards will NOT be in an SLI configuration, but I suspect that this can be probematic since card1 is made of two cards in an inherent SLI config but using only one PCIe slot.
If this is a problem, then a 'simpler' N7900 or 7950 (non GX2) should solve this. However, can these two different cards work correctly in a non SLI setup and fully benefit from the PCIe bus, etc. Are there any config/compatibility/performance issues I should be aware of? Can this work? Any thoughts?
The CPU will be Core 2 Duo 6700 or 6800 supported by 2Gb RAM.
Thanks for the attention.
Al
I am planning to build a setup based on the ASUS P5N32 Premium mobo (N590 chipset, 2x16 PCIe supporting quad SLI) but in a slightly non-standard configuration and I was wandering if this would work:
PCEe slot 1: N7950 GX2 conected to a Matroc Triplehead2Go, running at 1280x1024x3 resolution (3 monitors 1280x1024 each). This will run 3D games etc.
PCIe slot 2: N7600 connected to two 1024x768 res monitors (standard nView wide desktop mode). This will show Skype/Messenger, browser apps. while gaming.
Please note that these cards will NOT be in an SLI configuration, but I suspect that this can be probematic since card1 is made of two cards in an inherent SLI config but using only one PCIe slot.
If this is a problem, then a 'simpler' N7900 or 7950 (non GX2) should solve this. However, can these two different cards work correctly in a non SLI setup and fully benefit from the PCIe bus, etc. Are there any config/compatibility/performance issues I should be aware of? Can this work? Any thoughts?
The CPU will be Core 2 Duo 6700 or 6800 supported by 2Gb RAM.
Thanks for the attention.
Al