[QUOTE=garry;18321988]Technically, this graphics card is 2 cards, I don't suppose that makes a difference right?[/QUOTE]
a gtx 295 is two 280/285 boards I think. you can't tri-sli GTX295s for that reason. I'd say get another cheap card, and just run both. even a 7800 will do
[QUOTE=garry;18321988]Technically, this graphics card is 2 cards, I don't suppose that makes a difference right?[/QUOTE]
it's two graphics processors in one card, not the same
[QUOTE=Electric Eye;18323688]a gtx 295 is two 280/285 boards I think. you can't tri-sli GTX295s for that reason. I'd say get another cheap card, and just run both. even a 7800 will do[/QUOTE]
it's made up of two GT200b GPUs, aka 55nm GT200, but it has a 448-bit bus width compared to the GTX 280/285's 512-bit bus width.
one option would be 5870 Eyefinity Edition, [url]http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/16325/1/[/url]
[QUOTE=Electric Eye;18323688]a gtx 295 is two 280/285 boards I think. you can't tri-sli GTX295s for that reason. I'd say get another cheap card, and just run both. even a 7800 will do[/QUOTE]
The gtx 295 is two gpus which are between the gtx 260 and the gtx275 in performance.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;18323740]it's two graphics processors in one card, not the same[/QUOTE]
Actually, it's two graphics processors in two cards. Unlike ATI's dual cards, Nvidia's dual cards use two different PCBs soldered together.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;18324241]Actually, it's two graphics processors in two cards. Unlike ATI's dual cards, Nvidia's dual cards use two different PCBs soldered together.[/QUOTE]
Well the newest gtx 295 is a not a dual pcb card.
[QUOTE=rainman12;18321924]Graphics cards can only run 2 monitors unless its an ATI Eyefinity, so you would need another graphics card per 2 monitors[/QUOTE]
TH2Go.
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[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;18324241]Actually, it's two graphics processors in two cards. Unlike ATI's dual cards, Nvidia's dual cards use two different PCBs soldered together.[/QUOTE]
still fits in one slot, still acts as one card
But with drivers as terrible as dual cards
In most cases, once you want more than two monitors you will start looking at more specialty cards where performance is not included.
I know that back in the 90's Matrox made a few nice dual head PCI cards and later AGP cards but who has at least three unused PCI slots anymore? Also, those things gave you at max only 8mb VRAM so don't expect miracles.
Actually, I have this AGP card made by Nvidia that gave you a DVI-I Dual link port and a pigtail that broke the connector into two VGA connectors or two single link DVI ports. I'm currently using it with my old ViewSonic Pivots. It unfortunately only has like 16mb of VRAM so it is limited to stuff like low-res Photoshop and video editing.
@pentium, what model is that Nvidia card?
garry as a guy who made one of the most successful sandbox games/mods available, I would have assumed you would know how to do this kind of thing.
Nvidia P118 (Essentially an FX5200...yuck.)
[img]http://02b5f5a.netsolstores.com/ProductImages/350969-001-U%20copy.jpg[/img]
Also, my bad, it has 128mb VRAM and no DVI-I, just some proprietary connector I have only ever seen on IndyCams and Cisco routers.
Proprietary connectors are bad for my health.
Maxishine shows you how to do it:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_ryCJKz1N8[/url]
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