3 monitor Video Card suggestions

[coughtryb]

Hey all,
My GForce 8600 GT fried so I need a replacement / upgrade. I had 2 monitors setup but am looking to add a third with the new card.

Have an Abit IP35 Pro board with 2 PCI-E x16 slots. I'm not a huge gamer but do play a flight sim which is quite graphics heavy, but worked well with my old card.

Anyone got some good card suggestions that would work? I'm not partial to any particular brands as long as it's compatable with the above board.

Thanks friends,
Ben

 

[aequasi]

5770 would work fine im sure

idk about nvidia cards tho

 

[Genx87]

The new ATI cards have evefinity. The thing is make sure one of your monitors has a display port. Othwerwise go the two card route.

 

[bryanW1995]

ip 35 pro has 1 x pci-e 16x and 1 x pci-e 4x just so you know.

 

[coughtryb]

Thanks for the advice! And Bryan, thanks, you're right about the slots - i missread that on the docs.

Would I be able to run a 2 card setup without SLI / X-Fire, to add monitor outputs? I'm not familiar with this.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I have a three monitor setup and I have my main monitor, the one I game on and such, connected to my 8800gts. My other 2 side monitors which are of mismatched size connected to my 7600gs. The advantage to having two separate cards is you can have one card for gaming and while you are gaming your second card can play videos on your side monitors.

 

[coughtryb]

Excellent. Thanks!

 

[Nemesis13]

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