I need help with the catagory of a motherboard first. Nothing specfic, just what I should be looking for in features to run 4 monitors.Motherboard advice:I currently have a AGP card and 1 PCI card running 4 monitors. I think I need an SLI to run two cards but was just looking at Newegg and see other MB's with 2 PCIe (x16) slots. This stumps me just a bit as it doesnt mention SLI so could someone please suggest a catagory of MB's that I should start looking with? I prefer to start with a MB choice then build the rest around that. AMD is my preference. Nvidia is also my choice for cards. I prefer no on board video. Sound, I dont care.To be clear, I dont want to setup an SLI system. I want to run 2 vid cards so I can have 4 different "views". If I can accomplish that without an SLI, fine.Mainly I need MB type advice from you good folks to get started. Then see what my wallet can stand for the rest.Thanks,Gary

You should decide on a cpu first, then choosing mobo gets somewhat easier. I can't comment on any Sandy Bridge compatible boards since they are new (and flawed, and suspended from the market). So, are you hooked on that new cpu you should wait a bit for the boards to come out again. I run four monitors off a Gigabyte UD-5 rev. 2, using i7 950 cpu overclocked and gtx460 2gb overclocked.Bjorn

You should decide on a cpu first, then choosing mobo gets somewhat easier. I can't comment on any Sandy Bridge compatible boards since they are new (and flawed, and suspended from the market). So, are you hooked on that new cpu you should wait a bit for the boards to come out again. I run four monitors off a Gigabyte UD-5 rev. 2, using i7 950 cpu overclocked and gtx460 2gb overclocked.Bjorn

How are you running 4 monitors off of a video card that has only 2 outputs? Unless you are splitting the same display into identical views. Doubt you are doing that.Sry, but configuration for a simpit with multiple monitors takes precedence over CPU choice IMO. Yes, I realize that Fs is CPU dependent, but I dont have any big plans for FSx. I may not have any need to install it should i accomplish getting FS9 to run at my satisfaction. I am nearly 100% sure I dont need a $1000.00 CPU to run Fs9 the way I want to run it. I'm not going to select speed over 4 monitors. In fact if I didnt run 4 monitors, my old single would run FS9 pretty good. It did before I added the other 3 displays. The entire system is built around the motherboard and its capabilities. Just my opinion.I need a motherboard capable of running 4 displays on a fast interface. Not a 2 on a PCIe and 2 on a PCI card. Thats what I have now (with exception of AGP instead of PCIe) and I'm not going to buy another motherboard to use a PCI display output.Thanks anyway.

Hi Gary,Seems like we both updated our systems from the "AGP Age". My last build was single core Intel P4 3.4 so I did a lot of research to get caught up. I went the AMD route too and haven't looked back. With my 1090T 6-core I have been running it at 4GHz at a cool 34c under a full flightsim load on air. May OC to 4.5 but it is running FS so good I may not need to. I am also using an Nvidia Gforce580. For the MB I went with the Asus Crosshair Formula IV. Why? Well, I am no techie so I read reviews, thought it had lot's of advance stuff on it so I could make sure I would not discover I needed something that I did not have if I bought a cheaper board. Board has been superb. Running, SATA6, USB3, SSD's, 8gig DDR3 RAM at 1600 - all the latest goodies without a hickup. I am looking at Gigabyte or MSI for a second board for a little backup system I am gonna put together to run other 3rd party things. When you see a board that sounds interesting, a good thing is to read a lot of reviews like on Newegg or some of the OC forums.I'd say if you are gonna OC go with either the AMD Phenom II x6 1090T Black Edition ($199.00). If you do not plan to OC (or let it do it's own OC automatically), I'd go with the AMD Phenom II Quad Core 970 Black Edition which runs at a default 3.5GHz. ($179.00). Either will give you great perfomance for the dollar.For multiple monitors I will probably go three 25"-28". I want to use Eyefinity so I first had a Radeon 6970 in there so I can run up to six screens but the Nvidia looks better with FS right now. So I will probably hold off until MS Flight comes outand purchase either a 2nd 6970 or 580.just my 2,Clutch

How are you running 4 monitors off of a video card that has only 2 outputs? Unless you are splitting the same display into identical views. Doubt you are doing that.Sry, but configuration for a simpit with multiple monitors takes precedence over CPU choice IMO. Yes, I realize that Fs is CPU dependent, but I dont have any big plans for FSx. I may not have any need to install it should i accomplish getting FS9 to run at my satisfaction. I am nearly 100% sure I dont need a $1000.00 CPU to run Fs9 the way I want to run it. I'm not going to select speed over 4 monitors. In fact if I didnt run 4 monitors, my old single would run FS9 pretty good. It did before I added the other 3 displays. The entire system is built around the motherboard and its capabilities. Just my opinion.I need a motherboard capable of running 4 displays on a fast interface. Not a 2 on a PCIe and 2 on a PCI card. Thats what I have now (with exception of AGP instead of PCIe) and I'm not going to buy another motherboard to use a PCI display output.Thanks anyway.

I´m using TripleHead2Go on a single GTX460, check out sig.B

I´m using TripleHead2Go on a single GTX460, check out sig.B

yes, I am considering that route. I understand. But at the moment I am using 4 monitors in my simpit. I went ahead and bought a sli capable mb for two 9500's. I hope that i can get 4 different displays from that setup.Surprising that hardly anyone is replying. I suppose not many people run multiple monitors. Very surprising.. for FS.Thanks for all the info.Gary

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/ tend to go into much detail about those things, I have consulted that site many times.B