Anyone using 3 monitors (Mac) with PT HD3 Accel?

[Jsalam112]

I have a dual 1.8 G5 and currently running (2) 18' analog LCDs.
Apple monitors dropped prices again and I'm looking for more visual real estate.
My computer has the standard (too little) video ram. I'd like to do dual 23" or perhaps (3) monitors with a resolution and screen size that would work within the limits of my G5.

If anyone is using 3 monitors...what video card and monitors are working for you?

[guitar012001]

Hi Jsalam112,
Yes, I'm using 3 monitors with my G5 Dual 2.3ghz PCI-X machine without any problems! But, I bought a device on eBay made by a company called Extron. My model is P/2 DA2 MT which allows one VGA input with two amplified outputs to give you a stronger signal for lengthy cabling. I currently have 2 Viewsonic P225 VGA's for mixing and etc. and a Mag LCD at my keyboard/programming station. One monitor is on the DVI side with a DVI to VGA adapter and the other two are connected via the Extron box. Now, you still only have 2 different views though i.e. the two connected to the Extron box will have the same views. This works for me since my programming station is in back of me, when I turn around, my main edit screen is in front of me. Although I can drag the other screen over to see it's view too. So for me it's quite flexible. So check out these links below on ebay and one of them should be your solution.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Extron-P-2-DA2-P...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Extron-SW2-VGA-D...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Extron-P-2-DA2-P...QQcmdZViewItem

Hope this helps,
Randy

[Jsalam112]

Thanks Randy.
Looks interesting. However, I believe I would like something that allows for three separate screens.
Perhaps Mix, Edit and plug-ins. I don't require the mirroring.

Jim

[Tamashi]

Hi,
I´d like to bump on this topic, since I am having a similar need. It´d be very useful for me to add a third monitor (not mirrored), but i´ve read some bad comments (something like DAE error -6042) due to PCI overload.
Can anyone help me out with this? My particular plan would be to use a second graphic card on a PCI slot (I am on HD2, so I have one PCI slot free to use) Anyone with a similar setup?
Thanks,

TK.