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Old 02-01-2006, 02:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ive never hooked up dual monitors before. I have a 19 inch lcd monitor, and was wondering if I bought this video card
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or just kept my 6600, could i buy another LCD monitor and use up both DVI ports on the video card for a dual monitor setup? Also, just curious, how would a dual, and triple (because their would be 4 dvi ports instead of 2, so 3 monitor slots would fit in it), monitor setup work with SLI? And if you could, I was wondering if 4 monitors is even possible.
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Old 02-01-2006, 02:41 AM   #2 (permalink)
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You can have as many monitors as there are ports. however the question is, can your video card support a resolution as wide as 4x 19" LCD's.
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Old 02-01-2006, 04:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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what about sli? doesnt it usualy have a bridge connecting one port from each video card? how would that work?
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