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I am looking to build a computer in order to hook up 6 4K monitors for professional use.  I was looking to get 3 GTX980 cars and hook 2 monitors per card, but saw that the GTX980 only support max 4k resolution per card, so I would need 6 of those cards.  My other idea was to get 1 Firepro w9100 as it can hook up 6 4K monitors.  My question is what is the best route to take?   

 

Also, I will be gaming a little here and there but mostly professional.

 

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you can only have 4 cards in one system

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I would say the Firepro w9100, Mainly becouse of all that RAM, The amount of RAM is more important than the horsepower when it comes to driving a high resolution.

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Hello,

 

I am looking to build a computer in order to hook up 6 4K monitors for professional use.  I was looking to get 3 GTX980 cars and hook 2 monitors per card, but saw that the GTX980 only support max 4k resolution per card, so I would need 6 of those cards.  My other idea was to get 1 Firepro w9100 as it can hook up 6 4K monitors.  My question is what is the best route to take?   

 

Also, I will be gaming a little here and there but mostly professional.

 

Thank you!

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you can only have 4 cards in one system

Did he say he wanted to put more than 3 cards in it?

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Did he say he wanted to put more than 3 cards in it?

 

 but saw that the GTX980 only support max 4k resolution per card, so I would need 6 of those cards.  

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Did he say he wanted to put more than 3 cards in it?

Yes...

 

 

You'd be looking at things like the Quadro K6000 for this, or some card designed specifically for lots of displays, but they tend to be even more expensive. If you're planning on doing a little gaming, it may be worth picking up a card like the Quadro K6000 as well as a 290X or something, so you can have one monitor running off the 290X

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you can only have 4 cards in one system

Nviida = max 4 monitors

AMD = max 6 monitors with any gpu with eyefinity

 

Hello,

 

I am looking to build a computer in order to hook up 6 4K monitors for professional use.  I was looking to get 3 GTX980 cars and hook 2 monitors per card, but saw that the GTX980 only support max 4k resolution per card, so I would need 6 of those cards.  My other idea was to get 1 Firepro w9100 as it can hook up 6 4K monitors.  My question is what is the best route to take?   

 

Also, I will be gaming a little here and there but mostly professional.

 

Thank you!

If you were getting a dual 980's, then dual 295x2's still support six monitors

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Did he say he wanted to put more than 3 cards in it?

OP said he would need 6 980s

 

you can only have 4 cards in one system

Yes you can. You just cant have more than 4 cards in SLI.

OP needs them for professional use, not gaming, so they dont need to be in SLI

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OP said he would need 6 980s

 

Yes you can. You just cant have more than 4 cards in SLI.

OP needs them for professional use, not gaming, so they dont need to be in SLI

You can? So this might seem a noob question, wahts the point of CFX or SLI?

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OP said he would need 6 980s

 

Yes you can. You just cant have more than 4 cards in SLI.

OP needs them for professional use, not gaming, so they dont need to be in SLI

but there is no motherboardor case  that would be able to do that as all 980's are dual slot and  most cases have 9 max and a mobo would need 6 pcie slots

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AMD for Eyefinity.

 

Firepro cards are your best bet with 6 4K monitors, you want to stay away from gaming GPUs when it comes to professional use.

 

Firepro W9100 

 

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You can? So this might seem a noob question, wahts the point of CFX or SLI?

Thx

with out crossfire/sli you cant harness the power of them together 

 

however, i think that each displayport connector on a nvidia card could do 4k, but that is the highest resolution they could push per connection

nvidia limits you to 4 monitors, but it that only for eyefinity?

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You can? So this might seem a noob question, wahts the point of CFX or SLI?

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They work together, Instead of besides eachother.

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I pro use it's maybe better that you don't use SLI or cfx. This will give each card it's own displays to worry about. No comment about the horsepower, and i'm also not sure if you can make them 1 big res. But you can extend the desktop over the 6 displays anyway.

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but there is no motherboardor case  that would be able to do that as all 980's are dual slot and  most cases have 9 max and a mobo would need 6 pcie slots

You realize there are server cases that support 8+ dual slow GPUs? And server motherboards that have as many PCIe slots as you like?

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You can? So this might seem a noob question, wahts the point of CFX or SLI?

Thx

CFX and SLI combines the GPU horsepower of up to 4 graphics cards to give you more performance when gaming.

You can still use more than 4 GPUs, they just wont be in CFX/SLI and you will only be able to use one at a time for gaming

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I was also looking to purchase the Firepro w9100, but then I saw that it only support 6 4k monitors at 30hz, but will support 3 at 60hz.  Is that a correct or is it invalid?  I do plan on doing a little gaming, a little battlefield here and there.  

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and still nobody asks about the 6 4k monitors ... way to go

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and still nobody asks about the 6 4k monitors ... way to go

 

My thoughts exactly. 

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Did he say he wanted to put more than 3 cards in it?

 

 

Yes...

No he didn't. He said he would have too if he were to get the GTX980. He didn't say he wanted more than 3.

 

Not sure but perhaps 2 295x2s could do it, or even 3.

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No he didn't. He said he would have too if he were to get the GTX980. He didn't say he wanted more than 3.

 

Not sure but perhaps 2 295x2s could do it, or even 3.

Well, he didn't say he wanted to, but he did mention it, so he was right to point out that it can't be done. 

 

It may be possible with a single 295x2 with Club3D's displayport hub, but I'm not sure if multiple ones can be used together. 

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depends what your using the 6 monitors for, depends how much horsepower you need!!

 

2 r9 295x2 would be the cheapest option and probably give you the best performance for your money. You'd need a serious gpu too, something of 1500w would do the job.

 

Remember that only display port 1.2 allows you to run a 4k monitor at 60hz, so you'd need 3 display ports per card, buuuuut not all cards can use all their display ports at the same time... i think you'd have to look into each companies specific card for their retrospective outputs.

 

has anyone ever done 4 way crossfire r9 295x2s????????? i think the biggest issue with that would be where do you put all the rads???? unless you attached them to 240mm ones instead so hard the number of 120s...

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depends what your using the 6 monitors for, depends how much horsepower you need!!

 

2 r9 295x2 would be the cheapest option and probably give you the best performance for your money. You'd need a serious gpu too, something of 1500w would do the job.

 

Remember that only display port 1.2 allows you to run a 4k monitor at 60hz, so you'd need 3 display ports per card, buuuuut not all cards can use all their display ports at the same time... i think you'd have to look into each companies specific card for their retrospective outputs.

 

has anyone ever done 4 way crossfire r9 295x2s????????? i think the biggest issue with that would be where do you put all the rads???? unless you attached them to 240mm ones instead so hard the number of 120s...

 

True. Heat and power will be an issue. I think a 1500 would be fine. 

 

i was able to run my 295x2 on 3 1440p monitors no problem. WoT ran ok on it as well.

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You can? So this might seem a noob question, wahts the point of CFX or SLI?

Thx

 

 

Gaming.

 

You can run as many cards as you have PCI-E slots, but usually this requires PCI-E risers and an open bench case (or a milkcrate.)

 

tbh the cheapest option would probably be top buy a pair of the cheapest cards you can find that support Display Port 1.3 and then a pair of club3d splitters, one for each card.  This is assuming you don't need high end gaming performance, mind you.  

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