How does this work? Does running an application on the one screen run with a weaker card lead to weaker performance? Are applications draggable between the screens? I've done duals before but never messed with triples.
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Two GPUs work together to render the single image in 3D, full res across all monitors. Same as using one monitor, just at higher resolution.
Or, they push one of the monitors, while the other two stay in dekstop mode. very little performance impact from multiple monitors, but only one in 3D.
AMD cards connect all three to main card, and tell windows they are just one large screen.
nVidia cards connect two to the main card, one to slave card.
Nvidia requires 2 cards for three monitors, AMD does not, allowing up to 6 or 12 monitors with just one card providing you buy the right model of card.
If it's for 2D stuff, any AMD card can do triple monitors, although if one monitor does not have a DispalyPort connection, you'll need an adapter. No need for two cards.
You can run a secondary monitor on another VGA just fine too, if you wanted. I just don't see much point in multiple cards unless for 3D.
doesn't 2D/3D-accelerated software switch to software-mode and lose speed when dragged to a monitor other than its origin
Not that I have seen.
I was talking about two separate cards in a non-CrossFire/SLI configuration.
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Does running an application on the one screen run with a weaker card lead to weaker performance?
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I know, but it doesn't matter if you use an AMD card and Eyefinity, and is why I suggest using two different cards, or nVidia's solution, for 2D, is not such a good idea.
I can only EVER speak about what I have, so don't take my statements as an overall opinion, jsut covering my personal experience. Someone else will have to pipe up for how it works with nVidia and triple monitors.
When you can use AMD's cheapest 5- or 6-series card, and run triple monitors on the single GPU, there's no real reason to span your desktop across multiple cards.
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Multi Monitors are good for work. Now dont get me wrong having multi monitors for a Race Game or Flight Game where you are in the Seat/ Cockpit and having the sides viewable as of say windows or canopy is cool actually
Multi Monitors are good for work
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