joshuam511 Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 hi my name is josh and a couple of months ago i upgraded to an BFG 8800gts [512mb] oc. its great i can play crysis on it great. but i was thinking - after whatching a youtube video that it would be nice to run crysis on 3 moniters [as they did in this video] well the 8800gts only has two dual link dvi ports so would buying another one and putting it in sli alow me to use three screens? also one of the screen is a different size [1680x1050] and the other two are [1024x786]. i also cant find the BFG 8800gts anymore can i sli it with any 8800gts 512mb or would non of that attually work? thanks ps my mother board is sli ready Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenova69 Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 Yes you can use any brand but, when you enable SLI you can only use one moniter as far as i know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPETEZx Posted November 28, 2008 Posted November 28, 2008 You are looking for a form of Maxtor (I belive?) tool. I think its called TrippleHead2Go. Basicaly, you plug in ONE DVI cable to it, and USB, and on the other side is 3 DVI ports. You then configure it using software to map all your games to tripple monitor. However, I believe all 3 screens need to be the same res for this to work. Otherwise, as stated above ^ SLi only lets you run 1 monitor. (Working on Dual I believe) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zertz Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) 180.xx drivers allow the use of multiple monitors even when SLI is enabled! By multiple, I mean 2 For more than that you'll need that TripleHead2Go Jen mentioned Edited November 29, 2008 by Zertz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Or buy something like an HD4850x2, which has 4 DVI ports Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPETEZx Posted November 29, 2008 Posted November 29, 2008 Or buy something like an HD4850x2, which has 4 DVI ports I am interested, how many ports are active with Crossfire? Can I use ALL 4 ports on a 4850X2 AND have it in Crossfire? Can I use both ports on a 4870X2 and have it crossfireD? Likewise, can I have 2x 48xx in Crossfire and use all FOUR DVI Ports? Or is it the same BS as nVidia? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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