Triplehead using VGA to DVI adapters

[jonesyh]

Hello,

I have a dual setup here with two 19" LG screens (1440x900 - 8:5). I use these mainly because they're cheap
and the apparent flaws don't bother me that much. These screens have VGA output only, so I was wondering :

Would it be possible for me to hook up three monitors with VGA to DVI-adapters to a Matrox Triplehead Digital edition?

Other question is about my rig. The Matrox support site says that 3x1440x900 isn't supported
with Crossfire on 4800-series cards, but I'm beginning to wonder that it's either bogus or
outdated since I think I've seen people with crossfire setups running triplehead just fine.
Not on that resolution though but I really question, why that resolution wouldn't be supported.

My computers specs :

AMD Phenom X4 9850
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512mb crossfire
4 gigs of ddr2
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard
Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP3

In a nutshell : Will VGA work via adapters and will Crossfire work?

I'm one screen and a TH2Go away from triplehead and I ask you is it worth it to invest in terms of system functionality.

[Zarkus]

You can hook your screens to TH2GO with adapters.

But you just cant use your those monitors with ATI. I have same sitsuation with you atm, with my HD 4870 X2. I'v tried in vista and XP to get those to work, but NOO. IT JUST WONT WORK.

[jonesyh]

Okay, thanks for the answer. I'm glad I returned the other 4850-card in warranty (got burned somehow because of mobo crashing, weird stuff) and I'm getting a new one replaced (hopefully) so I can just sell it straight away. The single card should be pretty sufficient for L4D anyway.

Is the crossfire related issue on every 3x16:10 resolution or just 1440x900? Would be pretty lame it the compatibility issues could have been avoided if I'd just hunted for some cheap 4:3 screens.

[Zarkus]

Its ATI issue, nVidia works fine.