three monitors? (video card question)

[scar~face]

im planning to set up a triple LCD setup

my mobo has 2 PCI-e slots and currently ive got one 8800 GT in there, that'll work for 2...but what are my options for a third?

ive got an extra old 7600 kicking around, could i throw it in the other slot and be able to run another screen off of it?

[SgtM]

You sure could. Or you could send it to me so I can play games.

[SXRguyinMA]

@ SgtM: lol

on a related subject...I've got 3 outputs on my ATI card. a VGA, an s-video, and a DVI. I'm currently running 2 monitors, one off of VGA and one off of DVI. Can I hook a third (like my tv) to the S-vid?

[Luke122]

As far as I know, No.

The reason being that the Svid output is usually cloned off the VGA.

[nevermind1534]

I have 2 DVI ports on my 8800 and an S-video, and windows only sees two outputs.

[AMD Killa]

you have to have something plugged in at both ends of the s-video cable for it to be detected. Even then, you might have to use 'force rigorous detection' in either catalyst or the nVidia control panel.

[markkleb]

here is an option
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

especially handy if ur running SLI

[mtekk]

here is an option
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

especially handy if ur running SLI

Nvidia in their recent drivers enabled multi-monitor support for SLI setups. So I'm not sure how worth while a device like that would be in this situation.

[markkleb]

Nvidia in their recent drivers enabled multi-monitor support for SLI setups. So I'm not sure how worth while a device like that would be in this situation.

Bout time, thanks for letting me know