Two video cards with three monitors.?

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I had an nvidia 8600gt graphics card running two monitors.  I just purchased an additional monitor and I am trying to use it with Trident Accelerated 3d Image 975 video card.  Either video card works well with the monitor(s) connected to it, but when I leave both video cards in the third (new) monitor stays black.  In the device driver list the Trident card has a yellow triangle by it, however when the Trident card is running on its own, the triangle is not present.  Do I need a different video card or is something else wrong.

I read that Windows XP can run 6 monitors at once.

xp home asus p5b nvidia 8600gt Trident 3d image 975

Michael

aviatingamateur · Accepted Answer

The yellow triangle means your Trident is conflicting with your 8600GT.  In other words, the two graphics cards don't play nice with each other.

ATI's new HD5700- and 5800-series of video cards do support 3 monitors using their Eyefinity technology:  http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

The drawback is that one of the three monitors must have a DisplayPort connector (Dell does have a full line of monitors with DisplayPort, from cheap $200 20-inch panels to their ultraexpensive $1700 30-inches diagonal).

The HD5750 is the cheapest at $150:  
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%20106793261%201067950042&name=Radeon%20HD%205750

An HD5750 should drop right into your P5B mobo's PCIExpress 16x slot.

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You need to check compatibility. I find that boards with the same GPU usually work together. Minimally the same board manufacturer (2 nVidias or 2 ATI's), but even that can have problems, even if an odd combo works it's more coincidence. The best way to do it is to use the same boards.

Anonymous · Answer

You cant run two at a time.  Windows has to have one to point to.  You need a video card that can output to 3 sources at once (they are a bit rare and expsensive).

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