4 displays on one System??

wolf · Jul 22, 2008

2 very low end cards that have 2xDVI each will do the job, just make sure they dont try to crossfire/Sli themselves.

then naturally a board with at least 2xpci-e, and with low end cards you wont need an especially beefy psu

its easy as mate.

DrPepper · Jul 22, 2008

Why not a card with something like that triple head to go in two dvi slots hey presto, Dan could you confirm that would work.

Deleted member 3 · Jul 22, 2008

DrPepper said:
Why not a card with something like that triple head to go in two dvi slots hey presto, Dan could you confirm that would work.

Nope, since I'm not sure. I don't know if a triplehead to go can create three separate monitors. I know it can create one big one.
Besides, it would be more expensive than buying a cheap secondary card.

DrPepper · Jul 22, 2008

Maybe go with two 9600's in sli would be easier :laugh:

or two cheaper cards from ATI that are passively cooled.

Duekay · Jul 23, 2008

Threeflow said:
Does Newegg ship to Australia? Last I checked they still don't even ship to Canada

To elaborate on what DantheBanjoMan suggested, with the motherboard you have picked (the Asus P5E Deluxe), you could run the 8800GT in the first PCI-E slot which would power the monitors 1 & 2, and a lower-end card such as the 8400 in the second PCI-E slot which would power monitors 3 & 4 (or even in a regular PCI slot if you so desire).
Since they are both nVidia chipset cards they should not have driver conflicts, you could do your autoCAD and 3D design as the 8800 has the power for it, and the 8400 serves just to add additional monitors

Does that make sense?

What amount of memory and bandwidth would i need to power the 2 x22" off the second Card,

These are the site i do my ordering from MWAVE and UMART

Duekay · Jul 23, 2008

DrPepper said:
Maybe go with two 9600's in sli would be easier or two cheaper cards from ATI that are passively cooled.

Hi, by the looks of things i cant go SLI due to it not supporting 4 monitors

But the 9600's do sound good, what do they compare to the 8800's??

Threeflow · Jul 23, 2008

You wouldn't need any specific amount of memory or bandwidth for the second card, even 256 is more than enough for running 2d (ie Windows).

Duekay · Jul 23, 2008

Threeflow said:
You wouldn't need any specific amount of memory or bandwidth for the second card, even 256 is more than enough for running 2d (ie Windows).

Cool, im thinking of getting 2 x 9600GT w/ 1Gb of ram on one and 512Mb on the other!

Duekay · Jul 23, 2008

Is well what would be the best brand for performance/compatibility e.g. XFX, Albatron?

boogah · Jul 23, 2008

XFX for lifetime warranty ^___~ plus when they do warranty they send you brand new retail package not refurbished cards like other companies.

DrPepper · Jul 23, 2008

Duekay said:
Hi, by the looks of things i cant go SLI due to it not supporting 4 monitors

But the 9600's do sound good, what do they compare to the 8800's??

I believe they are about the same in 3d performance but the 8800GT does pull ahead in gaming due to the extra shaders.

Deleted member 3 · Jul 23, 2008

Threeflow said:
You wouldn't need any specific amount of memory or bandwidth for the second card, even 256 is more than enough for running 2d (ie Windows).

Bandwidth really isn't an issue. And the "256" you speak of isn't bandwidth either, it's memory. For 1680x1050@32 bit colors you need just under 7MB video memory. Buffers and the likes can increase this, but nowhere near 256MB, or even 128 or 64. Of course there are two screens that do effectively double the memory required.

Then again, considering cheap cards contain 128/256MB as well, it should be fine to just pick those.

erkki1234 · Jul 23, 2008

Hey, check these two products:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/

Duekay · Jul 24, 2008

erkki1234 said:
Hey, check these two products:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/

Nice never new this existed :respect:

SystemViper · Jul 24, 2008

I run 4 monitors on my workstation for the last year, i have a x1300 ATI pci card and a 8800gts, but i have even changed the 8800gts to a 8500gs and it ran fine, so who is ever telling you that you need lots of horsepower, that is completely wrong....

Regards
steve

DrPepper · Jul 24, 2008

Duekay said:
Nice never new this existed

I suggested that earlier.

Duekay · Jul 24, 2008

SystemViper said:
I run 4 monitors on my workstation for the last year, i have a x1300 ATI pci card and a 8800gts, but i have even changed the 8800gts to a 8500gs and it ran fine, so who is ever telling you that you need lots of horsepower, that is completely wrong....

Regards
steve

Nice, i have a ATI card is well in my current system, Its good to know that i can run an ATI card and a NVIDIA without any issue's.

I am looking at spending up to $350AU on the GPU setup.

Duekay · Jul 24, 2008

DrPepper said:
Why not a card with something like that triple head to go in two dvi slots hey presto, Dan could you confirm that would work.

Nice idea man :respect:

But its just a little out of my range, due to needing the Digital one.

DrPepper · Jul 24, 2008

So will two gpus not allow four monitors or will it because if it does go for that.

Threeflow · Jul 24, 2008

The number of monitors being powered is NOT dependant on the number of GPUs at all

What matters is the number of video outputs on the video card(s)

Duekay · Jul 24, 2008

Threeflow said:
The number of monitors being powered is NOT dependant on the number of GPUs at all

What matters is the number of video outputs on the video card(s)

So 2 GPU's with 2 DVI outs on each would give me my for monitors no sweat?

joytime360 · Jul 24, 2008

Well for those brands you should just pay attention to their cooler and the warranty. Just avoid those very strange brands.

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650I AX
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000 CL30 tuned
Video Card(s)	Palit Gamerock RTX 5080 oc
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

System Name	Workstation : Server/HTPC
Processor	Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz : Core i3 2120
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 : Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 : Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR3 12GB @ 1600Mhz : Corsair DDR3 8GB @ 1600Mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 560 Ti & GT 430 : Onboard
Storage	OCZ Max I/O 2x128 SSD Raid0 + Corsair 3x120GB SSD Raid0 : Corsair 2x60GB SSD Raid0
Display(s)	Dual samsung 24" & 1 Acer 22" : Acer 22 & Samsung 46" TV
Case	Antec P182 Performance One : Antec 4U rackmount
Audio Device(s)	Mackie Onyx 400F 10x10 : Maudio Fast Track Pro
Power Supply	Corsair HX-620 : Corsair HX-650
Software	Windows 7 64bit, Cubase 5 : Windows 7 64bit

System Name	Workstation : Server/HTPC
Processor	Core i7 920 @ 4.2GHz : Core i3 2120
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 : Gigabyte GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
Cooling	Cooler Master V8 : Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR3 12GB @ 1600Mhz : Corsair DDR3 8GB @ 1600Mhz
Video Card(s)	GTX 560 Ti & GT 430 : Onboard
Storage	OCZ Max I/O 2x128 SSD Raid0 + Corsair 3x120GB SSD Raid0 : Corsair 2x60GB SSD Raid0
Display(s)	Dual samsung 24" & 1 Acer 22" : Acer 22 & Samsung 46" TV
Case	Antec P182 Performance One : Antec 4U rackmount
Audio Device(s)	Mackie Onyx 400F 10x10 : Maudio Fast Track Pro
Power Supply	Corsair HX-620 : Corsair HX-650
Software	Windows 7 64bit, Cubase 5 : Windows 7 64bit

System Name	Ruddington
Processor	Q6700 G0 @ 440x8 = 3.52GHz
Motherboard	GA-G33M-DS2R @ 440FSB
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
Memory	Mushkin EM6400 2x2GB @ DDR900 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	8800GTS 640MB
Storage	5x500GB RAID5 for fileserver, 1x250GB for OS
Display(s)	Samsung 226bw
Case	CoolerMaster CM 690
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Audio PCI-E
Power Supply	Corsair HX620
Software	Vista HP 64-bit

System Name	Core i7 WS
Processor	i7 920 D0 @ 4.2 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P6T WS Professional
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme RT1366
Memory	6gb 3x2gb Crucial DDR3
Video Card(s)	Firepro V8700
Storage	Velociraptor 300gb in raid0
Display(s)	2x Dell Ultrasharp 24"
Case	Antec Twelve Hundred
Audio Device(s)	onboard sound
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000
Software	Windows 7 64-bit

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