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Is eyefinity + additional monitors possible?

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dezimieren

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I'm currently running 3x 24 inch monitors in eyefinity (love this tech :D) but I find that I miss having additional screens to display stuff like ventrilo, and temperature monitoring apps etc...

I tried searching for this but I'm not sure I was using the correct search criteria and struck out. I have 2x 19inch monitors gathering dust since I upgraded and would like to put them to use again. Would it be possible to add a cheap 5xxx series card in addition to my 5870 to drive them?

Essentially what i want to do is run eyefinity with the 5870 AND then drive the other two off the second card. Is this possible? or am I just delusional from too much gaming?
 
Yes you can do that. You can create an Eyefinity group out of the 3 monitors and then have other monitors just on their own, even saw someone post that had 5 monitors total with something like 3x22" in Eyefinity, 1 42" HDTV and a 19" monitor.
 
Totally possible, and very easy to set up.

You could also use a semi-decent Nvidia card (something around a 9800GT) for your secondary so that, in addition to driving extra monitors, you would also have a dedicated PhysX card.
 
I have a GTX 260 that could suffice, but I was under the impression that Nvidia disabled the ability to run Physx with an ATI card present, how would that be worked around?
 
Oh yea, that is a good idea.. you can use hacked physx drivers from physxinfo.com or just use the recent 257.15 beta drivers that nVidia forgot to vendor lock.
 
dezimieren said:
I have a GTX 260 that could suffice, but I was under the impression that Nvidia disabled the ability to run Physx with an ATI card present, how would that be worked around?
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A GTX260 will work fine, I'm using one as a PhysX card for my HD5850 right now.

Yes, Nvidia has blocked the ability to use PhysX with an ATi card present, but there's a driver hack available to get around that. All you have to do is install the video drivers for your ATi card and Nvidia card like you normally would, then run the fix. This should be all the info you need to get it up and running: http://physxinfo.com/news/2789/hybrid-physx-mod-1-03-available/

You can also use the Forceware 257.15 beta drivers. Nvidia forgot to enable the ATi check in this specific version, allowing you to use hardware PhysX with an ATi card present.
 
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