PCI Express NVidia card + AGP Parhelia - Are 3 or 4 Screens Possible?

[darthJones]

Revised Question - I am going to get a Matrox Millennium P650 PCIe card and I want to use it with an NVidia PCIe card. The NVidia card will be the main one since I want to be able to play games this time around. I want to continue using a 3 screen setup. Does the PowerDesk software work when there is another card in the system? If you have a similar setup can you give us an overview of your experiences?

Thanks!

I'm planning on upgrading and was thinking about getting a PCI Express Nvidia card (I don't have a specific model in mind right now) and using that as my main card. It isn't really cost effective to get 3 new video cards in order to keep my 3 screen setup so I was wondering if I can use the Nvidia card as my main card and have the Parhelia extend my desktop onto 2 other monitors (or 3 if necessary). Does the PowerDesk software work when there is another card in the system? If you have a similar setup can you give us an overview of your experiences?

Thanks

[Wombat]

It will be quite a challenge to find a motherboard with a 16x PCI-E slot as well as an AGP slot.

[Kurt]

ASRock 775DUAL. Dunno if both work as the same time.

[Mehen]

the nvidia cards do dual monitor setups quite good, so just get the nv card another pci card just for the third monitor.

[Kurt]

see review of the ASRock here:

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2005/asrock/reviews/775dual-915gl/g1.htm

[darthJones]

Thanks for the info on the ASRock. After a lot of thinking, I've decided to get the PCIe Millenium and a PCIe NVidia. I've changed my original question accordingly - If I were to use the Millenium and the NVidia cards at the same time, would I be able to get 3 screens up and running without much of a hassle?

[Nowhere]

I'd say that depends how well behaved (in relation to other manufacturers...) are now drivers from nvidia...