Multi Monitor Question?

[tusler]

Ok,

I have a 8800GT video card with the 2 monitor setup right now working. I want to add the 3rd monitor on the right for the Abris. I have an extra 8600gt video card. Will it work to stick it in the other video slot on my board and hook a monitor up to it? I do have a SLI board so there is a slot I am not using. Or does the card have to be another 8800GT card?

Thanks :helpsmilie:

[Cloudman]

From what I know, both cards need to match for SLI to run correctly. They can be from different companys, but need to be same model etc.

[tusler]

From what I know, both cards need to match for SLI to run correctly. They can be from different companys, but need to be same model etc.

 

I do not want to run them in SLI, what I want it to have BS set up on 3 monitors. My 8800gt card only has a connection for 2 monitors so I need to put another card in my system to be able to connect 3 monitors. BS is suppose to be able to show Shkval on the left , camera1 {cockpit} on the middle and the Abris on the right monitor. I'm just wondering how it will all work?

[Coolhnd1]

I don't think you'll be able to use both cards at the same time. You'll be forced to choose one or the other when running the game. As far as I know the only way to use 3 monitors at the same time is by using the Triplehead box.

[Koriel]

I ran 3 gfx cards a couple of years ago.. a primary Geforce 4200, and 2 PCI cards.. all three with their own monitor.

 

I would suggest to give it a try. You never know.. ( make backups etc.. as per usual )

[tusler]

No Joy

 

Hi,

Well I tried so don't the rest of you waste your time. I put in the extra card, it uses the same driver so that's all good. But because it is a separate card when I tried to span horizontally across all monitors it would not let me, it always sees the 8600 card as a lone monitor and when I try to include it the entire works reverts back to independent view every time. What I could do is do the dual monitor setup and have the third monitor to surf on the web while I am waiting to get somewhere at 250 clicks or perhaps do a work spreadsheet at the same time and that will not help me in BS at all. So I guess when I get rich or rob a bank I'll buy a triple head to go and give it a try.

Thanks for your responses.:book:

[multiviper]

Hi,

Well I tried so don't the rest of you waste your time. I put in the extra card, it uses the same driver so that's all good. But because it is a separate card when I tried to span horizontally across all monitors it would not let me, it always sees the 8600 card as a lone monitor and when I try to include it the entire works reverts back to independent view every time. What I could do is do the dual monitor setup and have the third monitor to surf on the web while I am waiting to get somewhere at 250 clicks or perhaps do a work spreadsheet at the same time and that will not help me in BS at all. So I guess when I get rich or rob a bank I'll buy a triple head to go and give it a try.

Thanks for your responses.:book:

 

 

did you try it with ultramon? there is also another software driven triplehead program out there i just cant think of the name for it.

 

ultramon link: http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

Edited November 30, 2008 by multiviper

[multiviper]

got it the other one is called SoftTH..

 

http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

[tusler]

got it the other one is called SoftTH..

 

http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

 

Thank you, I'll give this a try,however with all the conversion going on I'm sure in BS it will cost dearly when it nukes the frame rate.

[Slayer]

Ok,

I have a 8800GT video card with the 2 monitor setup right now working. I want to add the 3rd monitor on the right for the Abris. I have an extra 8600gt video card. Will it work to stick it in the other video slot on my board and hook a monitor up to it? I do have a SLI board so there is a slot I am not using. Or does the card have to be another 8800GT card?

Thanks :helpsmilie:

 

Nope , doesn't have to be the same acording to nvidia. You will suffer a small performance hit though but it should be acceptable, especially for the additional utility of the abris on a seperate screen. Just make sure you have enough power available to do it or your system will not be stable. My guess is that you need between a 750-850 watt PSU depending on the quality of it..

 

 

Did you try the newest 180 series drivers?? They are supposed to work much better with this?

Edited December 1, 2008 by Slayer

[therion_prime]

Note: You do not have to set the monitors to "span horizontally".

Just put them in "extend desktop" mode and run BS in windowed mode like described in another thread.

[kaos.dll]

You cannot use SLi with 3 Monitors.

- You can use SoftTH or the hardware from Matrox (TH2G).

- If you run XP you can use the "span" mode to get "one" big display over all three.

- You can run BS in Window mode and strech em over all three displays

 

The easiest (and most expensive) solution is TH2G.

SoftTH should work fine with some CFG tuning and testing.

 

The span mode from XP works fine but due to the new graphic subsystem this is no longer possible in Vista. DirectX 10 brings native multimonitor support but DCS is Dx9...

A downgrade to XP is no option for me.

 

The window mode works fine and without problems but you will get massive performance problems! I lost about 60% of my FPS! :-(

 

 

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