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Answer» Quote No nothing has to be cloned. The signals would all be split after they leave the box. The reason for 3 instead of 2 is just to be able to have things ready to use.I'n not sure what you mean by "just to be able to have things ready to use." Quote Seems to me the answer to my question is that multiple monitors are processor/ram intensive so the main thing is selecting what kind of video cards to use.Well, my experience has been that multiple monitors are really not much more processor/ram intensive than a single monitor. Refer back to GX1_MAN's comments on processor and RAM in REPLY #3. I really don't see the need for high-end cards for your application. I would avoid getting a motherboard with onboard video that has no AGP or PCI Express slots. You can get a card with onboard video if it also has AGP or PCI Express slots. And, as previously stated, I would get an AGP or PCI Express card (depending what the NEW motherboard has) that supports two monitors and go with a PCI card for the third monitor. I hesitate to get into recommendations for specific cards because there are so many and you have not stated any budget guidelines for this project. In my opinion, you can easily get two video cards for not more than $100 total for both. Or, you could spend considerably more. I will suggest two online sellers: Newegg.com and TigerDirect.com. Here's an example of a two cards that would cost LESS than $100, with shipping: EVGA GeForce MX 4000 / 128MB DDR / PCI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card Asus GeForce 6200 TurboCache / 64MB DDR / Supporting 256MB with TurboCache / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video CardQuote Quotebuy cheap PCI cards, they work fine for multipul monitors, i have a crappy celery D 2.6ghz, 256k cache, 1 gig of ram, onboard 16mb video for secondary monitor, and an ole nvidia MX 4000 pci video card for my primary, with a gig of ram, and i can do enough with the two monitors, but i will be building a better set up, old 17 monitors are inexpensive, so i will have a 3 or 4 monitor set up, mabey 3 to 5 counting my TV... and thats if i dont find more TV's to hook up to the S-video out... i feel sorry for my neighbors when i have all of this crap going, lol. i have seen PCI cards that support two monitors before, like these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Order=PRICE&Page=1&bop=AND&Description=14%2D102&Submit=SUGGESTED @ GX1: the power company will love me, im gonna be running two 620 watt PSU's, one for drives, mobo and stuff, the other for lights and fans... i know somone who can have me a cable made so i can have two PSU's to one mobo safely...Quote im gonna be running two 620 watt PSU's, one for drives, mobo and stuff, the other for lights and fans... i know somone who can have me a cable made so i can have two PSU's to one mobo safely... Stop the madness! Quote Quoteim gonna be running two 620 watt PSU's, one for drives, mobo and stuff, the other for lights and fans... i know somone who can have me a cable made so i can have two PSU's to one mobo safely... lmao, it is insane, but considering the fact that my mobo handles 8 gigs of ram, 7 internal sata, 1 external sata, 2 ide, 2 pci express X16, one or two pci express X1, 3 pci... ill let you read the rest, its here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131013 |
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