Tri screen with one graphics card

[baker12]

Hello,
I am wanting to have 3 monitors (not to make one big desktop) connected to one Graphics card. My Motherboard only has 1 PCIe X16 slot so I can't Crossfire/SLI Any ideas?

 

[hooru]

mobo doesnt matter.... what graphics card are you useing???

 

[baker12]

right now its a Nvidia 210 which only supports 2 displays. I want to add another display to my setup

 

[baker12]

I was thinking about getting the Gigabyte version of the AMD Radeon 6850

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125353

 

[hooru]

that should work ok with 3 displays. what would you be useing 3 displays for? sry, just currious.

 

[baker12]

I like to multitask between WoW, StarCraft 2, and VMWare.

 

[purple stain]

A 6850,as a single card,can do Eyefinity(3 monitors)but it doesn't have enough power to maintain good graphics at such a high resoultion by itself.You'll need to crossfire 6850's to be able to get playable framerates and have it look good.Otherwise your gonna have to play on the lowest settings.

SC2 is not even gonna be playable even on lowest settings.I also find playing anything that isn't a first person view to be somewhat dizzing.

What are you full system specs?(PSU,Mobo,CPU,etc.)

 

[cburke82]

Hello,
I am wanting to have 3 monitors (not to make one big desktop) connected to one Graphics card. My Motherboard only has 1 PCIe X16 slot so I can't Crossfire/SLI Any ideas?

Pretty sure most top end AMD cards will support 3 screens off of one card. So all you need to figure out is what settings do you want turned up. If you want to play those games at decent settings with good framerates I would get a 6970. just to be safe

 

[baker12]

A 6850,as a single card,can do Eyefinity(3 monitors)but it doesn't have enough power to maintain good graphics at such a high resoultion by itself.You'll need to crossfire 6850's to be able to get playable framerates and have it look good.Otherwise your gonna have to play on the lowest settings.

SC2 is not even gonna be playable even on lowest settings.I also find playing anything that isn't a first person view to be somewhat dizzing.

What are you full system specs?(PSU,Mobo,CPU,etc.)

Mobo: ASRock 760GM-GS3 running the 760G Chipset
PSU: Cosair 500W
RAM: 2x Kingston 2GB
HDD: Seagate 320GB
HDD: WD 1TB
Graphics: Asus Nvidia 210
Network Card: TP-Link PCIe X1 lite N card
TV Tuner: MSI Digianywhere A/D Plus
ODD: HP DVD+RW

 

[purple stain]

What model is your Corsair 500watt? In particular how many amps are on the 12/v rail?

What processor do you have?

 

[baker12]

AMD Athlon II X3

unknown atm about the PSU I've had it for a few years

 

[baker12]

My bad the PSU is an OCZ StealthXStream OCZ500SXS I forgot that The cosair was in another system.

 

[hooru]

There are a few AthlonIIx3s, do you know which one it is??? 425, 435, 445?

 

[purple stain]

Your PSU should handle a 6850 but not a crossfire.Your gonna have to get a new PSU if you decide to get another 6850.

 

[baker12]

There are a few AthlonIIx3s, do you know which one it is??? 425, 435, 445?

445

Your PSU should handle a 6850 but not a crossfire.Your gonna have to get a new PSU if you decide to get another 6850.

I plan on getting a bigger (750w) PSU just to be safe

 

[purple stain]

You do understand your not gonna be able to play WoW or any other game on high settings?

I'd suggest going with a PSU like Antec,Corsair,Seasonic,Cooler Master.

 

[cburke82]

You do understand your not gonna be able to play WoW or any other game on high settings?

I'd suggest going with a PSU like Antec,Corsair,Seasonic,Cooler Master.

if he gets the 750w PSU he can xfire and be cool

 

[purple stain]

Yes but this whole thread was started with running a tri monitor setup with single 6850.The OP still has to get a new mobo,psu and the 2nd 6850.I'm betting it will be a while before he gets all that stuff which is why i'm warning him that trying to run a 3 monitor setup with 1 card isn't even worth it,just a dream of eyefinity for now.

 

[cburke82]

Yes but this whole thread was started with running a tri monitor setup with single 6850.The OP still has to get a new mobo,psu and the 2nd 6850.I'm betting it will be a while before he gets all that stuff which is why i'm warning him that trying to run a 3 monitor setup with 1 card isn't even worth it,just a dream of eyefinity for now.

Im sure he could do ok with an OC 6970. Would not be able to run max settings. But he could do 3 screens with med to high detail. Wow will be ok for sure. Again he will have to turn so of the shadows and light/spell effects down.

 

[purple stain]

Thats a good idea.I forgot that the OP hasn't purchased a video card yet.With the intentions of running a Tri monitor setup then yes of course you should be looking twards a 6950 or 6970 2G.

 

[hooru]

whats your budget mr.Baker?

 

[baker12]

$200-$300 for the card.

I already got the PSU down from a friend who bought it about a month ago but just bought another a few weeks ago so he could crossfire

 

[cburke82]

$200-$300 for the card.

I already got the PSU down from a friend who bought it about a month ago but just bought another a few weeks ago so he could crossfire

The card I have Msi Twin Frozer 2 is cheap (under your $300 limit) and it OCs like a beast as you can see from my sig just an idea, I need to change my sig as well I have the card with a slight voltage bump at 940 core clock and 1450 mem clock.

 

[purple stain]

What PSU do you have now?

 

[baker12]

not sure. Haven't got it yet and I don't remember what he got