Oh, I know I could get one of those cards. BUT...I have two cards right now, free, I won't have to pay anything additional. I just don't want to plug the second card in, and fry anything. I didn't know if I should keep the on board SLI setting to single video card.
I was thinking about setting it to SLI, and seeing if I could still use each card independently. Anyone try this? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 1:32 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Is this possible? > > Yes, it should work. (additionally, you may be able to > "enable SLI mode" > anyway. They won't actually work in SLI, but each PCIe port > will be at 8x) > > But--you don't need two video cards to run dual monitors. I > run a 2405FPW and a 2005FPW with a dual-DVI-out single PCIe 6600GT. > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:56 PM > Subject: [H] Is this possible? > > > > > > I've been wanting to go dual display. Not for games, but > for windows type > > apps. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo. I have a > Sapphire PCI Express > > video card. I just got a second PCI Express video card for > free. Both are > > *not* SLI video cards. > > > > Can I somehow run both of these on the same board just for the dual > > monitor > > support? I've read through the motherboard booklet, and it > sounds as if > > the > > second PCI Express card will only run in PCI Express 1x > mode, unless > > you're > > running in SLI mode. Is that okay? Will this work? I > don't care about > > the > > 3D performance, I just want to have dual display within windows. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chris > > > > > >
