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Dawn of a new Empire
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Posted - 2011.12.02 23:32:00 -
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36 Degrees wrote:Famble wrote:36 Degrees wrote:Jaroslav Unwanted wrote:or just buy second graph. card. That could work too. My mobo only has 1x PCI-E x16 slot. It also has a PCI-E x8 slot (but this is physically smaller than the x16 and I didnt have much look searching for one to fit it on the net). currently im running 1 ati radeon HD 4850 I believe it's still possible to find PCI (not 'express') GFX cards. Pop one of those in next to your PCI-E card. Problem solved. It's what I do on my rig when I'm running my flight sims with multiple monitors. how does this actually work, will my windows 7 desktop now extend across all 3 screens?
DO NOT DO THIS!
While it would technically work. A PCI card is the worst thing you can put into your computer as far as performance goes.
A ATI 4850 will not power 3 displays on its own, but a 5000/6000 series card will (Nvidia will not. They all are limited to only 2 displays per card so no surround or anything until you go SLI).
You could pick up say a 6970/6950 and like said above, get a active displayport to DVI connector (unless you have a DP capable monitor) and you would be golden with 3 displays and easily enough power to power them all.
I also reccomend a 2G version of those cards to help allow you to run the textures and such at max across 3 screens. It may not need it at 1080P, but it may use it for 3 displays.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600083901%20600095873%20600007782&IsNodeId=1&name=2GB <--- 2GB 6950's (you can also check 6970's if you are willing to pay more, but you may also be able to unlock a 6950 to a 6970 and save some $ )
And considering my experiences with 4800 series cards, the 6950/70 will be faster, and cooler without using more power. Another thing. The 6850/70 reccomendation is just a high end ballpark incase you want to play eve maxed out on 3 monitors, I believe it could do it well. If you are on a budget, any 5000/6000 series card with 2dvi+DP or 1dvi/1hdmi/1dp can do 3 monitors, but you wouldn't want to go much lower than a 5770 id say.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100006662&isNodeId=1&Description=active+displayport <-- Displayport to DVI adaptor. It must be an active one to work correctly and also will allow you to use Eyefinity if you decide to span the Resolution 3 wide ;)
Also make sure if you havent already, to follow the steps to have 2 seperate eve client's with 1 eve install. It works great and allows your client to remember what monitor had which fullscreen window for each account. You will launch the game with 3 separate shortcuts. Easy. http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Multiple_clients |