4 Monitors non-sli/crossfire configuration w/gaming

[Mikealcl]

I'm looking to use 4 monitors on a PC but still be able to play a few games without having to reconfigure anything. I was going to use 2 4870s as individual cards. What happens if you try and play a game in this kind of configuration?

 

[optional22]

Unless you use Matrox technology, you will not be able to run that system at all. The ATi HD 5000 series currently supports up to 3 monitors (6 monitors within the next 2 months).

If it were possible, 2 4870s would probably stutter quite a bit running high end games (Crysis would fry the cards, HL2 would probably run fine).

 

[Mikealcl]

Unless you use Matrox technology, you will not be able to run that system at all. The ATi HD 5000 series currently supports up to 3 monitors (6 monitors within the next 2 months).

If it were possible, 2 4870s would probably stutter quite a bit running high end games (Crysis would fry the cards, HL2 would probably run fine).

Really? I mean I can throw in PCI cards and add monitors why not another pcie?

 

[Mikealcl]

also I dont expect them to act as 1 monitor. I like having them operate separately.

 

[Mikealcl]

Any other ideas?

 

[Scotteq]

If you run sevaral cards with monitors connected to each, you will be able to game - Just understand that the game will default to run on your main monitor only.

The technology referred to above enables a single game to span multiple monitors.