RE: [OT] : Mobo's with dual PCI-Ex16 slots...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it is and is what I do - OK, they're not cheap cards (probably one
of t=
he more expensive in fact!) but the principle is the same. I use two
NVIDIA=
cards and run three Dell 24" LCD's at 1920x1200 each.

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Phil Harris
> Sent: 13 August 2006 16:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] : Mobo's with dual PCI-Ex16 slots...
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> I'm still looking to update my PC and at the moment am looking at the
> Athlon
> 64 or Athlon 64 X2 processors at about =A3100 - =A3120 with a suitable
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> I normally run my main desktop machine with a dual headed PCI and a
dual
> headed AGP graphics card and 4 x 19" CRT monitors.
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> I realise that the idea of having dual PCI-E x 16 slots on a
motherboard
> is
> so that you can run two identical cards in SLi mode but can you run
two
> (identical?) non-SLi cards independently?
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> What I'd like to do is use two (identical?) cheap PCI-E graphics cards
in
> a
> dual PCI-E x 16 mobo to give me quad monitor outputs - anyone know
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r
> this is possible or not?
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> Phil
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