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How Many Graphics Cards In One PC?

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Name: RockyBalboa
Date: February 6, 2004 at 14:43:54 Pacific
OS: Xp Pro
CPU/Ram: K7S8XE 2600+ 512 DDR 333
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Hi at the moment im using dual monitors on my fx5200 i can also have the option of a tv instead of the second monitor but this is the question would it be possible for me to install a pci graphics card (i have an old 32mb tnt2 card), would i be able to have 3 monitors on at the same time or 2 monitors and a tv? and then would it be posssible to have another card so i can have 3 monitors and a tv (i have an extra monitor i dont use) you may think is this guy an idiot? but the reason is is so i can watch a film whilst i can see whats dloadin off kazaa whilst surfin the net and why the hell not!



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Name: OtheHill
Date: February 6, 2004 at 15:10:05 Pacific
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I have heard of as many as 4, but you are looking at hardware hell. To get 4 or 3 cards working and the drivers to exist in harmony is more than I want to try. Especially since Matrox already has a triple head card. There may be others out there. On wall street it is common to have this card with 3 LCD displays showing three different exchanges at once. They even have special pedistals that stagger the displays slightly behaind one another with a slight overlap so the bezels overlap and 3 17" LCD displays fit nicely on a desktop. Chek it out.


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Name: johnoh
Date: February 6, 2004 at 17:00:32 Pacific
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A guy at work has 5 monitors, 1 agp, 4 pci.


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Name: egkenny
Date: February 6, 2004 at 23:23:46 Pacific
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Windows XP has a 10 display limit.

A PCI FX5200 gives 2 additional monitor ports.

There are many Nvidia and ATI dual head cards. Matrox makes 2, 3 and 4 head video cards. Xentera makes a 2, 4, and 8 head PCI video card.

Expand Your Workspace with Multiple Monitors and Dualview
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/personalize/multimonitor.asp


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