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Martin
Hi
I want to upgrade from my present 2 monitor setup to a 3 monitor setup
and am wondering what the best option is.
My motherboard is an Asus M4A88T-M/USB3 with an AMD x6 1055T CPU, and
i currently have a PCI Express x16 Radeon 4350 video card.
The 4350 has HDMI, DVI and VGA outputs but can only power 2 monitors
at a time on those 3 outputs.
So i have 1 monitor on HDMI and 1 on DVI and it works perfectly.
The motherboard has 2 PCI Express x 1 slots (both free) and a PCI slot
which is also free.
I've ordered a new monitor and it has HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.
Originally i thought i'd simply buy a PCI video card but after some
research it sems that i'll not get a (cheap) PCI video card to work
with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit or if it works then i'll lose the aero
desktop features.
PCI Express x1 video cards are expensive and it looks like my best
option is to get a new PCI Express x16 video card - an ATI that
supports EyeFinity - and a DisplayPort to VGA adaptor so i can run a
third monitor from it.
Is that the most cost effective option i have?
Has anyone got any construcive suggestions?
Thanks.
Martin.
I want to upgrade from my present 2 monitor setup to a 3 monitor setup
and am wondering what the best option is.
My motherboard is an Asus M4A88T-M/USB3 with an AMD x6 1055T CPU, and
i currently have a PCI Express x16 Radeon 4350 video card.
The 4350 has HDMI, DVI and VGA outputs but can only power 2 monitors
at a time on those 3 outputs.
So i have 1 monitor on HDMI and 1 on DVI and it works perfectly.
The motherboard has 2 PCI Express x 1 slots (both free) and a PCI slot
which is also free.
I've ordered a new monitor and it has HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.
Originally i thought i'd simply buy a PCI video card but after some
research it sems that i'll not get a (cheap) PCI video card to work
with Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit or if it works then i'll lose the aero
desktop features.
PCI Express x1 video cards are expensive and it looks like my best
option is to get a new PCI Express x16 video card - an ATI that
supports EyeFinity - and a DisplayPort to VGA adaptor so i can run a
third monitor from it.
Is that the most cost effective option i have?
Has anyone got any construcive suggestions?
Thanks.
Martin.