bickyb Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Hi, I am new to this forum and reading through things, I hope I have a glimmer of hope. I am trying to run a 4 monitor setup. I have a Nvidia GeForce 6200 PCI Express Video card which supports two monitors. My motherboard only supports 1 PCI Express Card, so I would like to install another PCI Nvidia card with dual monitor support, totalling 4 displays. Now according to Microsoft, I have to run 2 video cards that have the exact same driver. Does this mean I have to get a PCI 6200 Nvidia card. I am trying to see if I can run my 6200 PCI Express card and a 5200 PCI card together in Vista. Does anyone know if the drivers on this site might let me run a card like the Quadro NVS 4200 PCI together with my PCI express card? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Either of those 3 PCI cards should work with your PCI-E card, you just need the same driver version. If you go with two 6 series cards they will have similar capabilities which will help in something like MS flight sim. In some multi-monitor programs, the graphics card with the least capabilities will determine what you can run. (so a FX card could limit your setup, whereas 2x6200 cards would be ideal) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Marley Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I should probably warn you that PCI is not fast enough for the load imposed by modern video cards. If you have a PCI video card, you cannot watch a DVD or Blu-ray disc on the monitor hooked up to that video card. Also, graphics refreshes may be slow due to the lack of bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Have you ever used a 4 monitor setup before Michael? He most likely will not be watching 4 DVDs at a time. I am also pretty sure a PCI 5200/6200 is fast enough to run 2 DVD videos at once if the host PC is fast enough. Also a graphics card like that will hold up pretty well in MS Flight Sim for the 3rd and 4th monitors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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