RouteZeroDesign Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hey guys .....and girls (hoping this site isnt a sausage fest) As some of you may know (probably not) im building myself a workstation pc. Ive been thinking about running osx86 on it but the major problem ive been having is SLI. However i think i have come up with a solution that works for me. I had planned to use my two 8800gtxs in sli and then use a matrox triplehead2go to split the signal across my 3 monitors. However, i realised that by adding a 3rd graphics card, and not using sli, i could dedicate a graphics card to each screen and avoid the matrox solution all together. My question is, is it possible for me to use this setup using osx86? Similar to the way a macpro can use upto 4 graphics cards. Will there be driver issues in osx86? and has anybody got experience with a multi gpu, non sli, hackintosh? Cheers in advance Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 I have read several threads here that say two graphics cards are not supported with hacintosh. I am not an expert and have not tried it myself. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 It can be done, look in here: Success two different NVIDIA graphic cards http://nvinject.free.fr/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RouteZeroDesign Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks for the link macgirl. Some people seem to be able to run 2 graphics cards, does that mean there may be a chance of running 3? I know this will take allot of effort to do, but running quad boot il be able to tinker in osx86 and work in xp until everything works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Mac Pro could have 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladthebad Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 2 cards = 4 monitors 3 cards would get you 6 monitors..... and yeah, I could definately find a use for 6.... but frankly, its not a real goal for me right now.... I need to get some REAL hardware to replace my prehistoric hand me down stuff and my $5 and $10 recycling center parts so that I can get 4 working. Although I've got a PCI Geforce FX5200 that runs two heads nicely.... so of course I'll try throwing it into whatever I build and seeing if I could get another pair of heads up.... 6 would be sweet.... I could always find a use for more usable heads... like adding a monitor in nearly any room, or being able to watch video or chat on IRC while cooking/dishes/etc (waterproof USB keyboard?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RouteZeroDesign Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 I suppose i could run 6 monitors off it, but id prefer to run 3 monitors with higher fps than with 6. I guess im just gonna have to bite the bullet and see, there is no reason i can see why this wont be possible, it just might require allot of tweaking....better head over to the nvinject forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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