Dual PCI-E motherboard

[shred444]

hey im new to the forum and new to building computers,

im looking to build a monster computer to handle 3d rendering and video editing. i want to have 3-4 monitors on this, right now im using a dual monitor setup with my laptop.


lets say i get a motherboard with agp and pci-express. can i buy an agp video card with dual monitor capability and a pciE card with dual capability, and hook up 4 monitors that way?


or do i need to find a mobo with 2 pciE slots to have identical cards running 4 monitors.

do they even make mobos with 2pciE?

any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[diabloII]

if you want to do 3d rendering and video editing, you don't need SLI or pci-express

you'll need one of those high end workstation AGP cards

 

[rollincatera]

you can get high end video cards that support more than 2 monitors ... you're lookin at spendin big bucks though

 

[gaara]

Based on the fact that he's aiming for 4 monitors, I think it's safe to say he has big bucks to spend.

My knowledge is limited when it comes to this sort of thing, however I have a friend who is a professional Auto CAD designer and he uses this video card and says it's the best you can get. (I'm pretty sure that's the one he's got)

 

[Apokalipse]

you can't buy motherboards with dual AGP, but you can get dual PCI-E 16x slots
if you're rendering all the tie, I would suggest a dual Nvidia 6600 or 6800 setup, but not in SLI if you want 4 monitors

 

[diabloII]

lol...6600 and 6800 is for gaming, not rendering and editing

 

[GageMW]

hmmm.... do quadros come in the pci-e flavor?

 

[Charbo]

u could still use dual 6800 utras or something for rendering couldnt you? and you can hook 4 moniters up in sli because my friends and i had a "lan party" at my house and i had 4 moniters hooked up i really dont see what the point of that is lol but yeah either a quadro should work or i dont see why dual ultras in sli wouldnt and then you have the 4 moniter connectors u want. =/

 

[Nubius]

u could still use dual 6800 utras or something for rendering couldnt you?

Yeah I suppose it could, but the drivers, and how the cards architecture work isn't at all designed for that kind of rendering

 

[Charbo]

o ok i wasnt sure i dont know much about pro graphics=/