I have an 8800 GTS and a P7N Diamond (780i) motherboard. I was thinking of getting another 8800 GTS to put them in SLI, but currently have a dual monitor setup.
I know that SLI will only support a single monitor. I have heard about a solution involving using an ATI card as well as the SLIed nVidia cards.
I didn't know if anyone had any experience with this, but I may try it in the near future. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good ATI card that can easily support 1680x1050 and run without additional power from the PSU - just using the power from the board. I will be using that monitor for no gaming at all (as the other one will be running from the SLIed video cards).
I also was wondering if anyone has heard any rumors about price drops for the 8800 GTS in the near future - with the release of the 9800 GTX+ and the further drops in prices of the GTX 280/260.
Ok, even if you have never done this before, can someone suggest an ATI card that will run resolutions at 1680x1050 and not need a PCIE 6-pin power connector (receives power from the board)?
Only thing is, Idk if it'll get the required power from a PCI-E 4x or whatever extra slot you have. You'd have to wait for someone to answer that for ya.
For now I only have 1 8800 GTS (g92) in a PCI-E 2.0 slot, the Xi-Fi card in the PCI x1 and a TV tuner in the PCI slot. That leaves me with plenty of slots open.
I appreciate the response. Thanks Dalyinx.
Message edited by huron on 07-11-2008 at 11:19:33 PM
I hear that the 3650 is like an in-between for the XT and the pro. I can find the 2xxx series cards for pretty cheap and they seem like they would be plenty good for basic 22" monitor use (even dual monitor it seems).
I am keeping it up so I have all of the things in it to reference for later - one bookmark vs several and all the googling .
I read that many have had success with SLI and dual monitors - 3 cards (2 in SLI and 1 for the additional monitor(s)).
There are links for XP and Vista. I have read that it works for many people. I will check it out when I decide to go SLI and still want both of my 22" monitors.
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