3 monitor setup???

[S2Charlie]

Okay, so I am trying to run 3 displays on my compy. I have one dvi to HDMI going to my 60'' tv (god it's awesome) and the other dvi going to my 24'' monitor. The problem is, I want to use another monitor (primarily for poker or browsing, nothing graphics intensive) so I found that I need a PCI video card. The problem is, all the PCI cards I have found for under $80 don't support windows seven 🙁 . I am looking to do this as CHEAPLY as possible, If it's costly, I'll just climb under my desk and swap the cables as necessary, but I'd really rather not... it's a tight fit under there... PLEASE HELP!!!

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[HugoStiglitz]

what are your computers full specs?

 

[S2Charlie]

what are your computers full specs?

Sorry... thought they were in sig... they are under member info...

XCLIO A380BK Fully Black SECC 1.0mm thickness ATX Full Tower Computer Case
XIGMATEK MC NRP-MC751 750W ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V Ver. 2.92 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz w/ ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 X2
OCZ 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1333
2x Western Digital Caviar 1TB in RAID 1
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB
LG Black 6X Blu-ray DVD-ROM

 

[S2Charlie]

oops... 8gb Ram btw... I changed it

G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

 

[S2Charlie]

.

 

[benski]

Are you running 2 HD 4870s or one HD 4870x2?

 

[S2Charlie]

Are you running 2 HD 4870s or one HD 4870x2?

One HD4870X2

 

[benski]

So you have a free PCI-E x16 slot right? Just get something cheap like an an HD 5450.

 

[S2Charlie]

So you have a free PCI-E x16 slot right? Just get something cheap like an an HD 5450.

With two separate Radeon video cards on PCI-Ex won't there be a driver conflict? Also, the mobo specs say that the second PCI-Ex slot is only running at 8x not 16x will that cause issues if it even fits at all?

 

[S2Charlie]

Solved? Just ordered a 5450 for 14 bux w/ rebate from the egg.... Thanks benski! If it doesn't work, I will find you! j/k thanks again.

 

[S2Charlie]

Best answer selected by s2charlie.

 

[4745454b]

It should be fine. They should (currently) use the same driver. Even if they don't win7 supports loading multiple GPU drivers. Only Vista supports loading only one driver. (silly vista....)

 

[benski]

Shouldn't be a driver conflict since they use the same one, and the x8 slot is physically an x16 slot so it will fit, and x8 is more than enough bandwidth for a 5450,or any card really. Good luck, hope it all works, if not I'm not hard to find, I'm the 9 foot tall guy with a facial tatoo like mike tyson 😉