sli+ dual display.

[Teknokid]

well, its coming upto my birthday, and i'd really like to go sli, and im going for a second monitor- 22".
but
you cant do dual display on sli.
so
can i use my 3rd pci-e slot?
cheers
tek

 

[mrmagoo_83]

edit: Wait, didn't see the '-e' there, I am not sure about that.

 

[Teknokid]

are there drivers to support th 3rd pci-e slot use?
ill probs use an 8600/500gt.

 

[Matrices]

Is this a joke? If you have two video cards there is no way in software to enable/disable SLI and use a second monitor as 'extend to desktop'?

 

[Teknokid]

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/overview/
apparently that works.
or i believe you are meant to be able to use the 3rd pci-e slot on 680i mobo's, but i dno if the drivers are here yet?
are they?
will that software work?
cheers.

 

[ZacharyS]

All I have to say is no matter what you do, use UltraMon. it really is a Godsend for anyone with multiple displays

I've often wondered about this SLI thing myself. It seems rather retarded that after spending several hundred dollars on GPUs, you can only make use of one of the four DVI ports Has nVidia given an actual reason for this, or are they just giving out BS?

 

[Teknokid]

well im hoping that software will work, otherwise im skrewed.