triple the pleasure!!!!!!
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Bodaggit23
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Not sure since the card has 2 DVI outputs and one HDMI.
Seems your only solution.
Seems your only solution.
Fatback
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what about this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817422028 I'm not sure how it would work and at that price it's not just something you can get and hope for. There is no reviews on it but maybe you can find some elsewhere online.
bomberboysk
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You can only run 2 monitors in sli. The 9800gx2 is a singlecard sli configuration, and therefor can only run 2 monitors.
Aastii
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you can get 2 cards in sli, same as having quad sli, then you can have 3 monitors up and running.
If you mean that the card is in SLI but that doesn't mean it has 4 outpts (like having 2 seperate cards and sliing them would do) then yea thats right
bomberboysk
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Well, you could have two cards, but they wouldnt be in sli. What im saying is that cards in sli only support two outputs, but if you had say, two 9800gx2's running independantly(not quad sli) then you can use four outputs. Ex- I have an svideo out on my 9800gtx, and two dvi. I cannot use both dvi and svideo, can use one dvi and one svideo, or two dvi, but not all three.you can get 2 cards in sli, same as having quad sli, then you can have 3 monitors up and running.
If you mean that the card is in SLI but that doesn't mean it has 4 outpts (like having 2 seperate cards and sliing them would do) then yea thats right
WeatherMan
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You'll most likely be able run 3 monitors (DVIx2 + HDMI) So your 3rd monitor needs a hdmi input, or composite, Just enable SLi when you want to start gaming, for everything else use multiple monitor mode.
Do NV's drivers still represent internal SLi the same way as bridge mode does? I haven't played with a GX card since the 7 series and there's not much on the web.
Do NV's drivers still represent internal SLi the same way as bridge mode does? I haven't played with a GX card since the 7 series and there's not much on the web.
bomberboysk
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I dont think that disabling sli would work to enable all three outputs, i may be wrong though.
kobaj
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You're correct. You cant have DVIx2 + HDMI, regardless of SLI. It has to be DVI + DVI or DVI + HDMI. What I Would recommend is either getting a separate card and running your central monitor off of that, so it gets the best fps for gaming. And your two side monitors off of the same card.
Or you could stick with your single card and run all three monitors with this,
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/.
The problem with both however, running 22inches. At assuming 1680 x1050, I dont think the card can support that high of a resolution (3360x1050 + 1680x1050 or 5040x1050 respectively)...
Springy182
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Another solution that doesnt involve SLI would be to buy a really cheap video card like a 9400GT and -not- run it in SLI (Dont connect the SLI bridge) just to drive a monitor or two, since you'd be gaming on the 9800GX2