GPU Upgrade

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

I currently have two 550 Ti's running in my machine, now they aren't in SLI (they were, more info on that soon) now I find that one card run hotter than the other (by about double the temp of 30 to 60 at idle and about 85 load)

 

Now the reason they are no longer in SLI is because I added a 3rd monitor and as I am sure you know you can't do SLI and have the 3rd monitor be used, so now, having onboard video likely doesn't help me any here as I am sure that the 550's over ride it, I'd LIKE to keep the 3rd monitor but if I can't no biggie.

A single 550 should be just enough for now to allow me to play Battlefield 4 for a while at very least for a few more months while I upgrade. What I am hoping to accomplish is keeping all three monitors between the onboard and a single 550 (why have 2 cards in there if I can't use SLI right?!)

[Mao_Zedong]

So... Whats your question?

[Badger906]

I currently have two 550 Ti's running in my machine, now they aren't in SLI (they were, more info on that soon) now I find that one card run hotter than the other (by about double the temp of 30 to 60 at idle and about 85 load)

 

Now the reason they are no longer in SLI is because I added a 3rd monitor and as I am sure you know you can't do SLI and have the 3rd monitor be used, so now, having onboard video likely doesn't help me any here as I am sure that the 550's over ride it, I'd LIKE to keep the 3rd monitor but if I can't no biggie.

A single 550 should be just enough for now to allow me to play Battlefield 4 for a while at very least for a few more months while I upgrade. What I am hoping to accomplish is keeping all three monitors between the onboard and a single 550 (why have 2 cards in there if I can't use SLI right?!)

you can sli cards and have 3 monitors, in fact almost every trip monitor setup I've come across has been on sli or cfx lol, just plug all 3 monitors in to the same gpu.

[Reuben]

you can sli cards and have 3 monitors, in fact almost every trip monitor setup I've come across has been on sli or cfx lol, just plug all 3 monitors in to the same gpu.

No you can't. A single card can only output to two monitors, and when in SLI you can still only output to the maximum number of monitors one card can output to.

[Reuben]

Since you don't actually have a question in your post, I'm going to recommend this

[Sn4tchBandicoot]

I never said I wanted to upgrade the entire system.

In the end I said what I want to accomplish is remove a 550 tI, send it's monitor to the onboard, and have the other two on the last 550 Ti.

OR

Keep my 2 550 Ti's, put them in SLI and run the third monitor of the onboard.

 

Is it possible or am I SOL?

[Badger906]

No you can't. A single card can only output to two monitors, and when in SLI you can still only output to the maximum number of monitors one card can output to.

ah yeah my bad, i forgot the 3 way setup with sli support only came in with the release of the 680..