The review by 'In' speaks of compatibility issues with Win8 - does this MOBO run Win8.1/Win8 based systems easily? Also, can it support 3 monitors?
938542
This motherboard will work just fine with Windows 8 & 8.1- it also supports triple monitor configurations.
1429751
I don't know if this card is supported in Win8....this is a pretty old card. There are so many more available in that price range that support Win8 x64. Here is one: http://amzn.com/B000HDKVDQ Good luck!
362999
You have to have two active adapters and one VGA to get three monitors (in my experience). One active adapter and one passive adapter does not work.
2164697
It'll work great with Win 7 and will support an attached monitor. As for supporting 4 you'd need to confirm capabilities of all your video hardware. This does work great to add an extra monitor.
202094
I'm using it with two laptops running windows 7, it's fine. Haven't tried it with windows 8 though.
2089276
This can support up to three monitors however one of them has to use the Display Port connection and yes it works in crossfire :)
2222478
Yes for two but no for three. Windows 8.1. I ordered this card based on the answer below that indicated support for three monitors. The NVIDIA control panel detects my third monitor but then won't drive it with a warning "this GPU supports up to 2 displays." Crapola! Don't waste your time thinking this will drive three monitors. Shame on Nvidia - it's specs are silent on the number of monitors supported: http://www.evga.com/products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=0fb8a542-3e4f-4edf-af6f-a2bdf7ae8727
1533707
I would not recommend installing 3 GPUs on this board. The reason being that the 3rd PCI E slot has only x8 bandwidth. You`ll essentially be running the third card with half the bandwidth/performance.
842205
I'm running it on Win 8 w/o any drivers and it runs just fine with the Win 8 built in drivers. Just plug it in. Remember to use the supplied dual USB plug because you can't get enough power from one USB 2.0 port to run the unit at it maximum performance, otherwise. It needs two USB ports for the extra power. You might try using a USB 3.0 port wince they put out more power, and then only use one usb dongle too. I haven't tried it.
1418047
This card is working for me with no issues in Win8, though I use it for music. Your cable will need to be IEEE 1394 6pin to 4pin and of course you'll need a program to handle the video.
1433554
The best thing is to check with the company and see if they will work with Window 8 , cause that is a old video card and it is a pci slot and most new motherboards don't have them anymore. So check with the company.
1974371
Don't know the specifics of where you encountering problems, but yes this CPU is able to handle two monitors. You also need to use the display settings on your operating system (I presume Windows 8) to configure how they interact
1608508
If your board has pci express slot x16 port it should work. Yes all 3 monitors will work at the same time you can expand the desktop across all 3 and have 3 different things open. Your monitors will need to all support a DVI connection.
1847230
I wish I knew. I couldn't afford more than one. I do know that I was NOT able to put a 2nd card in to move the number of monitors to 8 total. My mother board would allow me to put more than 1 card in if the second card was not this vision tek card. My point being it wasn't a limitation of the motherboard.
1546954
Have not used it with a 3 monitor setup. I have used it for Iracing, and it does fine. You can max out graphics if you like and still have 80+ fps, at least mine did. Graphics cards are great running in crossfire.
140609
On the Asus compatibility list (at http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z97A/HelpDesk_QVL/) it shows only one "official" Gigabyte video card: GV-N670C-2GD (BIOS: V80.04.19.00.2E) This does not mean it won't work.. They typically try to push ASUS branded cards and it would be impossible to test every card on the market. The board does support 3 simultaneous monitors off it's 4 stock video connectors (VGA, DVI-D, HDMI and Display Port) and the board comes with a NVIDIA branded SLI cable (ASUS P/N: 14010-00130600). I would call Gigabyte and ask. Great motherboard.. Make sure to update the BIOS. If you are planning on running Windows Server 2008/2012 the network card has major driver issues and for other drivers such as SATA/RAID you will need to use manufactures drivers (INTEL).. Otherwise download the NEW drivers from ASUS for Windows 7/8/8.1 and it should go smoothly (Drivers on DVD are older and have bugs supporting booting from RAID arrays). The board also consumes very little power and supports SSD's. - Hope this helps.
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This MOBO has a dvi, display port and vga port. I use a discrete graphics card. The DVI and Display port support up to 4096x2160 however the MOBO manual does not specify if you can run 4K simultaneously from the DVI and Display port as you can with a discrete card with 2 DVI ports. Yes, you can daisy chain 3 1920x1080 monitors off the single display port. Cheers,Jim