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Thanks, gnome and DonCorleone.
DonCorleone, which motherboard do you plan on getting? Just curious...
gnome, if one gets a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots so as to install two dual-DVI display cards to hook up four digital panels for trading use, one can ignore all this SLI configuration stuff. Correct?
In other words, on a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots supporting SLI, an SLI configuration is optional, strictly for gaming. Right?
Also, gnome, would you care to recommend a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots for non-gaming use?
Thanks again!
Sorry, I'm not up on the specifics of dual x16 boards. If you're looking for a board for non-gaming, just get whatever has enough of the right kind of slots for your video cards and peripherals. As far as I know, there is still only one PCIE dualhead card which is not x16... that's the x1 of Matrox. Therefore 4-monitor setup solutions for PCIE boards [without using PCI slots] are still rather limited. An AGP board with 5 or 6 PCI slots still makes a lot of sense for me in a trading rig.