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I'm building a computer for a coworker and he has a tight budget. He wants to be able to run his electrical engineering programs on 4 monitors. I don't have the names of the programs. I was looking for a card around $100. I came across the Asus R7 360 on Newegg for $110 but someone told me that card can only run 2 monitors. Can someone help me out with this? 

 

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If he has integrated graphics that will handle 2 monitors

Also go for a 265 its a bit cheaper and more alike to the 370

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It definitely costs more, but a GTX 950 would be a far better choice because it can run FOUR 4K monitors at 60Hz if needed thanks to its updated HDMI port and Display Port connections.  I think this would be the better choice period and can prevent buying another card in the future just for 4K.

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1 minute ago, Weak1ings said:

It definitely costs more, but a GTX 950 would be a far better choice because it can run FOUR 4K monitors at 60Hz if needed thanks to its updated HDMI port and Display Port connections.  I think this would be the better choice period and can prevent buying another card in the future just for 4K.

Sadly the 950 retails for 125-150 dollars

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Just now, Castdeath97 said:

Sadly the 950 retails for 125-150 dollars

Yeah, but I think it would be worth not having to buy a new card if 4K is ever needed.

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I was looking at the 950 because I was able to find a very clear answer that it could run 4 monitors. I was just struggling to get a straight answer for AMD cards. 

He has zero interest in gaming or in 4k and I don't want to overbuild and bust his budget. 

 

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Just now, huilun02 said:

Don't if you realize what you're saying.

A card at this tier for running 4K?

If someone had multiple 4K monitors he wouldn't be looking at a 950.

It would only be crazy if he were gaming.  My dad already uses 3 4Ks on his GTX 960 for work purposes and I've installed two 4Ks on my Grandpa's 950.
There is no GPU that can run those 4 4Ks in gaming except for the oldest of games also.

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Again, he has zero interest in 4k monitors. This would be 4 1080 monitors. 

 

Adding a display port splitter and an active adapter or two already would make the 360 or 265 cost more than the 950. 

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28 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

If he has integrated graphics that will handle 2 monitors

Also go for a 265 its a bit cheaper and more alike to the 370

2 monitors could hook up integrated and the other 2 to the gpu? 

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Just now, Stuntman12 said:

2 monitors could hook up integrated and the other 2 to the gpu? 

yes

you need to enable that in the bios though.

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26 minutes ago, Julian2000nl said:

This guy chooses AMD.

Good decision.

 

He has the perfect card, no need for Nvidia.

This guy is choosing:

- Stable Drivers.

- Better performance for your money.

- Better community.

Haven't always made good decisions, I bought a 970 over a 390... 

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3 hours ago, Julian2000nl said:

Everybody makes mistakes.

Like the guy I'm building this computer for. He has his whole budget in a i7-5820k and X99 mobo. Which, has no onboard video. So I'm back to splitting the display port on the AMD card or convincing him to buy a 950. He didn't sound interested in used parts, but maybe I could get him to buy my old 660. The customer is always right...

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3 hours ago, thekeemo said:

yes

you need to enable that in the bios though.

No integrated graphics... He "NEEDS" an i7-5820K on a X99 board. 

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5 minutes ago, Stuntman12 said:

No integrated graphics... He "NEEDS" an i7-5820K on a X99 board. 

:/ The 360 should be able to support 4 monitors natively if you use 2 dvi monitors a HDMI monitor and a DP monitor

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2 minutes ago, thekeemo said:

:/ The 360 should be able to support 4 monitors natively if you use 2 dvi monitors a HDMI monitor and a DP monitor

Should seems to be the best answer I can find. I even tried contacted a couple manufacturers and did not get an answer. Thank you for your help. I think I'll try it, if it doesn't work I'll get to use Neweggs return service for the first time, yay. haha

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Just now, Stuntman12 said:

Should seems to be the best answer I can find. I even tried contacted a couple manufacturers and did not get an answer. Thank you for your help. I think I'll try it, if it doesn't work I'll get to use Neweggs return service for the first time, yay. haha

look into a 265 it is a bit more powerful for the money

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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