Video card advice

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I plan on running 3 monitors. I need them to all have independent resolution.

I figured in order to do this i'll need 2 video cards. One as a dual screen and the other as a single screen.

My question is, i plan on running nvidia and i'm unsure if the cards need to be compatible with each other, or if any from their model lines will work?

And second. Will windows be able to handle the managment of these cards, or will i need a new software to do this?

Thanks

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[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

You can use any kind of video cards you want. They can be ati/nvidia or both.

XP can handle multi-monitors.

 

[32tl 10+ year member]

If your motherboard has onboard video, you only need one videocard.

And Windows XP can handle dual monitor setups.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Awesome. Thats exactly what i wanted to hear.

Thanks

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

That matrox Paraliehia was supposed to be great for triple monitor setups.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I'll check out that matrox. But i do have an intel chipset so i'll probably go with nvidia. I'll keep my options open though.

And yes i'll be getting a pci-express x16 card.