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Forums -> Multiple monitors -> Third Monitor Vid Card
Anthony   2007-11-29 09:49
I'm thinking about adding a 3rd monitor but will need to add a new video card. Problem is that I only have a couple PCI-Express 1x slots open.

Does anyone know of a video card that can produce 1600x1050 res on such a slot? (I may be able to free up a regular old PCI slot so suggestions on any of those video cards are also welcome)

Or should I just go with an expensive Matrox external solution?

Thanks a lot,
Anthony
Anthony   2007-11-29 10:34
So the more I look into Matrox it seems like it won't be an appropriate solution since the triplehead2go only has a max resolution of 3840x1024 . And I'm really going for a massive 4800x1050.

I'm currently using an nVidia PCI-E x16 (2 dvi out) card but can't seem to find a PCI-E x1 nVidia card for a 3rd screen(capable of supporting 1680x1050).

I did find this ATI PCI-E 1x card but I expect running 1 nVidia card and 1 ATI card is going to cause problems. right?
http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42880
Anthony   2007-11-29 10:58
Hey Guys,

I guess I'm posting prematurely... With a little extra research I was able to find the 2 following nVidia PCI-Express 1x video cards for anyone who's interested

NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 285 128 MB PCI-Express Graphic Card - $170
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=a0691429&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=25682&lid=585553

PNY QUADRO NVS 290 256MB X1-PCIE GDDR2 GRAPHIC CARD - $150
http://www.futurepowerpc.com/scripts/product.asp?PRDCODE=VCPN-QNV290PB&REFID=PW
http://www.nextag.com/PNY-QUADRO-NVS-290-571069802/prices-html?nxtg=d6280a1c051a-248879C2AC34C8D3

Cheers,
Anthony
ecarlson   2007-11-30 14:46
Thanks for the info on the PCI-E 1X cards.

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