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So easiest solution, basic GPU? I wasn't really hoping on anything from the DP MST thing. I don't really know what is the performance cost of rendering to a monitor, so something like a GTX 1050 should do the work? Also another problem kicks in... power supply yay I currently have a Corsair 650M powering: Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K (no OC, HT enabled) GPU: 1x GTX 1080 RAM: 32GB DDR4 (task manager says they're at 2197MHz which is kinda odd) and two SSD + one hard drive If I'm getting a new GPU, should I get a stronger power supply? also I had a lot to answer to RAS_3885's post so for readability purposes I kept my original answer at the top and the rest below: Problem is, DP (at least version 1) does not seem to have enough bandwidth to carry two QHD 144Hz monitors into one stream No not really, I know I'm messy sometimes and keep everything opened (and that's the reason I upgraded to 32GB of RAM), but I don't plan on having something powerful. Performance-wise, my 1080 already does the work for me Talking to friends short after the original post I came to this conclusion too, I still have a lot of research to do about those monitors because I don't really want to have to upgrade in the short term. And I haven't really considered ultrawide because they're not really what I'm looking for (since I just need a window per monitor, not just a large amount of space to work on) Personal preference mostly, I really really like not having to alt tab constantly between windows. There's many scenarios where I'm using quite a lot of windows. I like creating music in DAW, Ableton can split into two windows, VSTs are one window each. I'm also a programmer so having one window for code, one for a terminal, one for google, and one for documentation would be absolutely amazing. And I also have Discord/Spotify/browser opened and frequently used almost all the time. I can afford 6 screens and I spend most on my time on my computer, so I don't think it's really exaggerated to put a lot of money into comfort (because that's maybe the only real reason)

Hi, I've been thinking for a while about buying myself a big setup, which would involve 6 monitors (or maybe more, who knows). I'm pretty messy and having one monitor per commonly used application would be a dream. Btw sorry if this question kinda fits both in monitor and GPU sections, but that seemed more of a GPU technical aspect than a monitor advise aspect. While talking to a friend a while ago, he advised me to take a look at high refresh rate QHD monitors (around 24", bigger wouldn't fit on my desk), thinking it would be a great compromise, not too expensive and comfortable. I'm not targeting a gaming use, while I do play some games, I don't really think it's a good idea to target better monitors just for that specific use case (except if I could find a 4k monitor that would be really similar to the other ones that I could fit in between). Considering that budget isn't that much of a problem (let's say ~2-3k€): - should I reconsider his advise? I don't think he's really wrong, I've been using full HD 60fps monitors for a while and a little upgrade in quality wouldn't hurt. - but more importantly, how should I be able to carry the power needed for 6 QHD 144Hz monitors? I took a look at DP2.0 (which doesn't really seem to be supported yet) and if my calculations are correct, it should be able to carry 3 of those monitors, so 2xDP2.0 should theoretically do the work, but will the GPU behind this really be able to power that correctly? I currently have a basic GTX 1080 (that I could consider upgrading btw) but which will never do the work alone. I learned about some GPUs which are dedicated to this task (like Matrox), I don't really know much about hardware so correct me if I'm wrong, but could this GPU just handle alone the displaying, and another GPU (like my GTX 1080) handle all the rendering? In an ideal world in which I could afford 2 or 3 times an high-end GPU this would be easier, but it isn't very affordable, nor it is what I really target (performance). So basically, what are the easiest options that could allow me a 6 monitors setup with the most consistency between all of them? And is ~24" 144Hz QHD a reasonable choice?