please help hardware

[richard1967]

Hi this has probably been duscussed but i need some help. I thought building the simpit was going to be hard turns out its the connecting the computers together here is my specs

m3a32 mvp deluxe
8gig ram
1tb hdd
ati radeon 4870x2 card

i have a 2nd pc which im using as a client

The ati card only has 2 dvi connectors i have a projector and screen which takes up one of them .
and i want to use 3 extra monitors 2 of which will be in my mip for gauges.
And 1 extra lcd for touchscreen for my fmc. Now is the fun bit trying to hook up all the monitors i was going to use the spare dvi on the card for my touchscreen for the fmc and the client computer to run fsxpand for my gauges but ive been told you cant run 2 graphics cards on 1 pc
unless you sli them i dont want to go to that much expence just for gauges.

i was going to use these vga to usb connectors but not sure if it will work

pleae help guys im nearly there to get it working but this is puzzling me

regards

richard

[RhodeNet]

Hi Richard,
You may want to verify that you can't run 2 graphics cards on your pc. I have an ASUS p6t and it is capable of running 3 cards - I am running two radions now, not in crossfire. One of them is the newer 5800 series so I run 3 monitors off of that in Eyefinity mode, and running two more for gauges off of the other older 4800 series radeon. As far as fsxpand, I have not tried that, but am running two screens from my laptop and another monitor off of that, for my PM gauges, and , of course the licensed copy of fsuipc

Hope this helps
Chuck

[Matt Olieman]

ive been told you cant run 2 graphics cards on 1 pc
unless you sli them i dont want to go to that much expence just for gauges.


regards

richard

You're pretty well on your way. There full size cockpits running on one computer. I don't have all your answers but others will come along and will be glad to give you specifics.

If you would go through some of the Builder of the month interviews and get an idea of how they do it. Then there are few tutorials that may be of help to. There's all sorts of way to build your cockpit

Welcome aboard, glad you decided to join us.....