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wick780
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 14:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I hope this is the correct forum for this. I have recently built a new computer and now want to run quad monitors. Three of the monitors will be 19" LCD and the fourth a 36" LCD TV. I have a GeForce 8800 GTS that can run dual monitors. Will it be as simple as I'm hoping to just pick up another cheaper PCIe Video card to run the other two? I need my desktop to extend over all four.

I'm looking for any advice on the best cost effective route to take. Thanks.
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sammorris
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 15:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, unfortunately not. What you'll have to do is use something like a Matrox Triplehead2Go to run the three 19" LCDs off one port, and then run the TV off the other port on the GPU.
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wick780
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 16:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That looks good except for the price. 300-400 for an adapter? I can't do that. I seen where someone was using six monitors with three video cards. Any ideas how this was done?

I take it there are no such things as VGA splitters either?

I came across an ATI FireMV 2400 as an option, but it's too expensive as well.
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 17:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
VGA splitters do exist but the image quality out of them is quite poor.
You can I think run four monitors off an SLI setup, but it has to be another 8800GTS, and you have to have a compatible power supply and motherboard.
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wick780
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_ 		1. April 2008 @ 20:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have the means to have an SLI Setup, but I heard there are problems running multiple monitors via SLI.

What kind of image quality are we talking about? I only need one of the monitors to look good. The LCD TV should look good as well. If I could split the monitors three ways and use the other port for the TV, that may work.

I'm seeing setups of people using multiple video cards without SLI, not understanding how they're doing it though.
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_ 		2. April 2008 @ 04:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The only methods I know of are SLI for two nvidia cards or Crossfire for two ATi cards.
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