   Using 3 monitors?
  Hey all,I was just wondering if anyone here has had the experience of running 3 monitors off of one system.  Right now I have two 17" Samsung LCDs running off of a Geforce 7600GS.  The other day I noticed that the price of the monitors has dropped to $200 (Canadia $), and I was almost tempted to pick up a third.  The problem is that it would have to run off another graphics card.  Has anyone here run 3 monitors off one system before?  What was it like?  Was it really any more productive?   
  I suppose you could just buy a crappy PCI graphics card and run a third.Actually that's an idea, a third 19" Samsung :).Damn you for suggesting it!Dave   ;  I run four. So yes, it does work.Just get a pci graphics card :) And remember to boot with the pci as the bootup card or it won't work.And yes it's more productive. Having four may be a bit overkill (allthough certainly useful at times and I have loads of space on my desk anyway) but three I see as essential :)   ;  The thing I am worried about is how well it would handle things, there being a second graphics card and all.  Not to mention that, but it might be a bit hard to find a 3840x1024 wallpaper...It's a shame I just sold my ATi X300 for $20.  I might have to buy it back now!Right now I am using PCI-Express.  Would I have to tell it to use the PCI card first, then the PCI-Express card?  It makes me wonder if my machine can handle it... 0_0   ;  A third monitor you say? 4 might be overkill you say? Damn I just want a matrix of monitors, I'd find the link to Quake 3 running on 24 monitors, but that I think would be overkill. I'm tempted for a 3rd monitor myself, 2 is just not enough when you get used to it, and to think I'm stuck with one at work, two if you include the tv.   ;  Lol! I just finished setting this up the other day:Like I said in my journal, I'm not sure whether its just excessive yet or not ^__^.My main video card is a nice new GeForce 7900 GTX, and I managed to find myself a PCI GeForce2 MX400. This is after I got a TNT2 off ebay, just to find that you require the 80 series nvidia driver for the 7900, but the most recent driver that supports the TNT2 is the 70 series driver. Since nvidia uses a unified driver model, you can't install two versions at once :(.So, after that waste of cash I found the geforce2 MX which works a treat. :)So yeah, I can't yet say whether its more productive yet....   ;Quote:Original post by MoeNot to mention that, but it might be a bit hard to find a 3840x1024 wallpaper...3480x1024 goodness.  Some really majorly cool stuff there.   ;Quote:Original post by MoeThe thing I am worried about is how well it would handle things, there being a second graphics card and all.  Not to mention that, but it might be a bit hard to find a 3840x1024 wallpaper...Why would that worry you more than I don't know, not having bugs like a full screen FPS game allowing the mouse to wander onto another screen and break your game? :Pis it so hard to stitch things together in paint?   ;  Well, what I do right now, is before I play I game for an extended period of time I disable the second monitor.   ;Quote:Well, what I do right now, is before I play I game for an extended period of time I disable the second monitor.Is this still a problem then? I had similar issues with my good ol' Matrox G400 (MAX, mind you [wink]) where I had to disable dual head for any game, but I'd have thought the card guys would have this fixed by now.   