Three monitors with one AMD card on Windows XP

[Helicobacter]

I have a 8800 Ultra 512MB and WinXp 32bit right now.

If I get this card, can I address three different monitors (all with differing native resolutions) on Windows XP 32bit?

I don't care much about playing games on three monitors simultaneously; I just want to make the jump from my current standard dual monitor config to one with three monitors, where I can play games at fullscreen on the middle monitor and whenever I maximize a window in any of the monitors it will expand to that screen (I don't know how you call this mode, but it's at the OS level and it works for two monitors without the need of any special drivers ). Also, when all windows are collapsed, it will display the desktop icons on all three monitors. It's just the regular mode (where you do NOT fake to the OS that you just have one monitor) "You can set resolution, size, and position of the monitors independently and windows can intelligently size themselves to each desktop on each monitor." (quote from codinghorror)

 

[Vic Vega]

If the card supports it it will work. I ran three monitors in XP 32 for years and years at work (onboard video plus PCI addon card with two more VGA heads).

 

[Helicobacter]

just got confirmed that the answer is "no"

 

[Lotheron]

Eyefinity doesn't work in Windows XP.. Only Windows Vista/7. I've actually tested this myself before as well.

 

[Lonyo]

I thought Eyefinity was a specific way of using three monitors.
Just because you can't use Eyefinity doesn't necessarily mean you can't use three monitors, does it?

 

[deimos3428]

I thought Eyefinity was a specific way of using three monitors.
Just because you can't use Eyefinity doesn't necessarily mean you can't use three monitors, does it?

Nope. Check out SoftTH. Not as good as Eyefinity, but cheaper in terms of required hardware. Monitors can be different resolutions as well.

http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/