Okay, so here is my situation.
Currently I have 4 x Samsung SyncMaster 2343bwx's on a quad mount running out of 2 x Geforce GTX 275's (non-SLI because I cant have more than 2 on SLI mode) on a P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard.
So here is my question. I have a Geforce 7950 OC card laying around somewhere and I wanted to know if I were to (downgrade????) to the P6T V1 board (which supports 3 x PCI-Express 16 slots), would I then be able to connect the Geforce GTX 275's in SLI mode and then connect my other two monitors in the Geforce 7950 card?
So to sum it up...
Is it possible to have 3 graphics cards (2 cards in SLI mode, 1 card non-sli) and then connect 4 monitors to it?
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UPDATED
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Heres my computer specs
Motherboard
- P6T v1 Motherboard with 3-Way SLI support
Processor
- 4.2Ghz i7 920 Processor
*overclocked with liquid cooling system*
RAM
- 6 x 2GB OCz Gold 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
Video Cards
- 2 x Nvidia Geforce GTX 275's in SLI mode (1 monitor per card)
*overclocked*
- 1 x Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (for monitor output of 2 of 4 monitors)
*overclocked*
Hard drives
- 3 x WD Caviar Black 640GB hard drives on RAID 0 for OS and installs
- 1 x WD Caviar Green 1.5TB hard drive for backup
- 2 x WD Caviar Black 1TB hard drives on RAID 10 for media storage
Monitors
- 4 x 23" Samsung 2343bwx monitors
*2048 x 1152 resolution each on a 2x2 custom quad mount*
Cooling
- Thermaltake ProWater 850i Liquid Cooling System for CPU
- 3 x Delta 120mm 2900RPM 120CFM Airflow fans
- CoolerMaster Full-sized Tower
- Stock case fans
Windows Experience Index is:
Processor: 7.8 (right now, the only way to get to 7.9 is with a 25 multiplier, which is only on the 965 and 975 extremes)
Memory: 7.9
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming Graphics: 7.9
Primary Hard Disk: 6.5 (no SSD's yet, but screw that, takes 4 x SSD on RAID 0 to get 7.9)
I will benchmark once I am done stablizing this configuration on 3D Mark
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However, heres my conclusion
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You CAN, indeed, run 2 Geforce cards in SLI mode and have an additional card for additional monitor outputs.
However, I was unable to receive high WEI scores until I switch over to the 8800GTS
WEI is crap however, I use that because I had nothing else installed at the moment. WEI also doesn't account for SLI and Crossfire technology.
Currently I have 4 x Samsung SyncMaster 2343bwx's on a quad mount running out of 2 x Geforce GTX 275's (non-SLI because I cant have more than 2 on SLI mode) on a P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard.
So here is my question. I have a Geforce 7950 OC card laying around somewhere and I wanted to know if I were to (downgrade????) to the P6T V1 board (which supports 3 x PCI-Express 16 slots), would I then be able to connect the Geforce GTX 275's in SLI mode and then connect my other two monitors in the Geforce 7950 card?
So to sum it up...
Is it possible to have 3 graphics cards (2 cards in SLI mode, 1 card non-sli) and then connect 4 monitors to it?
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UPDATED
*********************************
Heres my computer specs
Motherboard
- P6T v1 Motherboard with 3-Way SLI support
Processor
- 4.2Ghz i7 920 Processor
*overclocked with liquid cooling system*
RAM
- 6 x 2GB OCz Gold 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
Video Cards
- 2 x Nvidia Geforce GTX 275's in SLI mode (1 monitor per card)
*overclocked*
- 1 x Nvidia Geforce 8800 GTS (for monitor output of 2 of 4 monitors)
*overclocked*
Hard drives
- 3 x WD Caviar Black 640GB hard drives on RAID 0 for OS and installs
- 1 x WD Caviar Green 1.5TB hard drive for backup
- 2 x WD Caviar Black 1TB hard drives on RAID 10 for media storage
Monitors
- 4 x 23" Samsung 2343bwx monitors
*2048 x 1152 resolution each on a 2x2 custom quad mount*
Cooling
- Thermaltake ProWater 850i Liquid Cooling System for CPU
- 3 x Delta 120mm 2900RPM 120CFM Airflow fans
- CoolerMaster Full-sized Tower
- Stock case fans
Windows Experience Index is:
Processor: 7.8 (right now, the only way to get to 7.9 is with a 25 multiplier, which is only on the 965 and 975 extremes)
Memory: 7.9
Graphics: 7.9
Gaming Graphics: 7.9
Primary Hard Disk: 6.5 (no SSD's yet, but screw that, takes 4 x SSD on RAID 0 to get 7.9)
I will benchmark once I am done stablizing this configuration on 3D Mark
************************************
However, heres my conclusion
************************************
You CAN, indeed, run 2 Geforce cards in SLI mode and have an additional card for additional monitor outputs.
However, I was unable to receive high WEI scores until I switch over to the 8800GTS
WEI is crap however, I use that because I had nothing else installed at the moment. WEI also doesn't account for SLI and Crossfire technology.