SLI with dual display

kof2000 · 01-24-2007, 08:28 PM

i just read some reviews on some 680i mobos that have 3 pcie x16 slots and about how after sli you can plug in a 3rd card to use for dual display and still have SLI enabled

now i know i didnt wast that 250usd lol.

Jet · 01-24-2007, 08:38 PM

It says you have the DS3 in your sig?

kof2000 · 01-24-2007, 10:22 PM

i have both.

lovely? · 01-24-2007, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kof2000

i just read some reviews on some 680i mobos that have 3 pcie x16 slots and about how after sli you can plug in a 3rd card to use for dual display and still have SLI enabled

now i know i didnt wast that 250usd lol.

it only takes one card to do dual display. it takes additional equipment to equip a third monitor, because, in sli, the other cards are in a sort of passive mode, and they cannot send video information out of their vga and dvi plugs

heyman421 · 01-24-2007, 11:02 PM

even the primary card can only do one monitor output while in SLI

it says right on the SLIzone web page

so even if your two SLI cards have a total of 4 monitor hookups, you can only have one monitor on them

the only mobo's i know of with 3 16x pci express slots are the evga and the asus, which are $229 and $299 respectively

give it a few months if that's too expensive

lovely? · 01-24-2007, 11:03 PM

that cant be right. my friend had dual display on his crossfired 1900xt's

heyman421 · 01-24-2007, 11:03 PM

and the true purpose of the third slot is to add a dedicated logic card and do a 3-card SLI

heyman421 · 01-24-2007, 11:04 PM

crossfire and SLI are totally different chipsets

crossfire uses a dvi loopback, SLI is all internal

**Archangel** · 01-24-2007, 11:04 PM

SLI and CF are different tough.. SLI can only have 1 monitor when its enabled,. for dual monitors? add a cheap PCI card,. that will be enough already

heyman421 · 01-24-2007, 11:07 PM

word, i use a PCI x1300 for my 2nd and 3rd display, and it's fine

i don't play games on mulitple monitors, but it's more than enough to watch a video, or simply have a photo open on the secondary monitors

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lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,739	that cant be right. my friend had dual display on his crossfired 1900xt's __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

01-24-2007, 11:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
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01-24-2007, 11:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	even the primary card can only do one monitor output while in SLI it says right on the SLIzone web page so even if your two SLI cards have a total of 4 monitor hookups, you can only have one monitor on them the only mobo's i know of with 3 16x pci express slots are the evga and the asus, which are $229 and $299 respectively give it a few months if that's too expensive

01-24-2007, 11:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	and the true purpose of the third slot is to add a dedicated logic card and do a 3-card SLI

01-24-2007, 11:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	crossfire and SLI are totally different chipsets crossfire uses a dvi loopback, SLI is all internal

01-24-2007, 11:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
heyman421 banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,349	word, i use a PCI x1300 for my 2nd and 3rd display, and it's fine i don't play games on mulitple monitors, but it's more than enough to watch a video, or simply have a photo open on the secondary monitors

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