RECCOMENDATIONS FOR A 3 MONITOR SETUP W/1 CENTER MONITOR IN SLI MODE

Hi,

I would like to know any reccomendations for building a system that will allow me to run 3 monitors, 1 27in center and 2 19in wings. I would like to run the center monitor in sli mode and the wings in normal mode at the same time. But I can do with not running the wings at all while running the center monitor in sli mode.

Any suggestions on graphics set up? Will a 3 card system work?

Get any p35/45, or x38/x48 motherboard. In the primary PCIe slot, put the 4870x2 in. This will drive the 27in screen. For the other screen, perhaps a 4870 or 4850 if you need to save some cash.

Thanks again for that suggestion. My goal is to be able to play games on the center 27in and have outlook open on the left wing monitor and explorer running on the right wing monitor. I didn't know which motherboard to start with that would allow me to do this. I am a nivida fan and at this point only have 1 9600GT SSC, 3 dell ultra sharp monitors (1 27in & 2 19in), X-Fi Gamer sound card and Logitech Z-5500 speakers to start building a system with.

All suggestions are welcome, my budget is $2400

You do need 3 video cards (2 for SLI, 1 for the other 2 monitors).

Here's a forum post that has links to the places to help you out. It sounds like nVidia will release some driver support for SLI and multiple monitors, which will drop the number of GPUs to 2.

Here's the link for Vista:

http://www.overclock.net/nvidia/31 [...] vista.html

XP is easier, since you can load ATI and nVidia drivers together.

get 4850s so cheap goes as faster then 9800gtxs when it comes to AA my friend has ati and i have nvidia