Graphics card for 6-7 monitors

[Stevoisboss]

What would be a decent graphics card that can support 6-7 monitors? I am mainly using it to monitor different programs on different displays. Does it matter as long as I get something new with 4 ports and use splitters? Thanks.

[steelo]

17 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

What would be a decent graphics card that can support 6-7 monitors? I am mainly using it to monitor different programs on different displays. Does it matter as long as I get something new with 4 ports and use splitters? Thanks.

You can use the ports on a quadro and splitters for the duplicate displays.

[minibois]

It's probably easiest to get 2 simple GPU's that support 3-4 GPU's each. e.g. 2 GTX 1050 cards.

Most cheaper videocards support up to 3 monitor though, so 6 monitors is doable.. But 7 becomes a bit more difficult.

 

The type of device meant for this purpose is a Matrox card though. Not sure if they are still releasing new products though.

 

But splitters are also possible, just be sure to check what kind of splitter they are:

1. the kind that duplicates to multiple screens (shows the same on multiple screens)

2. the kind that will actually make it so the screen work independently from each other.

[Electronics Wizardy]

How about the nvs 810? Its made for this usecase.

[Jurrunio]

Quadros with a ton of mini DP can do that (or rather, meant to do that). I think I've seen some with 6-8 outputs? Maybe look around the used market for some old ones.

[Enderman]

Nvidia geforce GPUs don't support more than 4 displays per card, splitter or no splitter.

If you want a single GPU to do 6+ displays you need an NVS810, an AMD GPU, or a Matrox card.

[Kilrah]

I second the dual lower end cards if nothing you do actually needs 3D performance.

 

Also if your system has an integrated GPU you could get 1 or 2 displays out of that.

[Metallus97]

I recommend a card actually made for this purpose by AMD. Nobody knows it but I use it in my lab. I need toooons of readout and scope pictures. https://www.sapphiretech.com/de-de/commercial/gpro-6200-4g-gddr5-pci-e-eyefinity-6-edition

 

The cool thing about it is, that it has 4GB of VRAM and a decent enough GPU to drive everything super smoothly also 6 videos on each screen are no problem for it. It supports DX12 so every windows effect and dsktop will run smooth and have no problems.

 

Real 3D performance: I got Rocketleauge on low lol but that's not what its made for.

 

In my mind this makes more sense than some old quadro. Here you get all the new APIs and decent performance for the use case 

 

My opinion on spilitters: works but was really flaky on my AMD and Video cards I tried it on. Therefore I got myself a 6200. Sometimes you can find used ones for cheap

[Kilrah]

Cool, pretty cheap indeed. 

[Metallus97]

11 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

Cool, pretty cheap indeed. 

I just looked it up and in my region I found one used for 100€. -> NOICE

[Spicedaddy]

Onboard graphics + a video card that supports 4 monitors. My motherboard can do 3 displays from the Intel CPU + my GTX 1660 Ti can do 4 = 7 total for me.

 

If your motherboard doesn't have enough, then 2 GPUs. I think the cheapest that'll do 4 monitors is a GTX 1660.

 

 

[Metallus97]

3 minutes ago, Sugadaddy said:

Onboard graphics + a video card that supports 4 monitors. My motherboard can do 3 displays from the Intel CPU + my GTX 1660 Ti can do 4 = 7 total for me.

 

If your motherboard doesn't have enough, then 2 GPUs. I think the cheapest that'll do 4 monitors is a GTX 1660.

 

 

but why a new card? OP doesn't need gaming perf. Also the cheapest doing 4 monitors is like some RX 570 or something.

But I always find mixed GPUs to drive different displays kind of funky.

With the AMD GPRO you get a card MADE for doing this and also better software support (Eyfinity pro etc) and a 1660 is already around 230$, so why not get the GPRO wich is at 230$ also?

[BBQ Guy]

On 12/12/2019 at 5:25 PM, Spicedaddy said:

Onboard graphics + a video card that supports 4 monitors. My motherboard can do 3 displays from the Intel CPU + my GTX 1660 Ti can do 4 = 7 total for me.

 

If your motherboard doesn't have enough, then 2 GPUs. I think the cheapest that'll do 4 monitors is a GTX 1660.

 

 

I currently have Have intel UHD630 and GTX 1160 TI on my laptop but I can only get 4 monitors to run place the internal. The thunderbolt 3 is connected to my motherboard but when I connect to it nothing happens unless I disconnect one of the DP monitors running on the GTX card. Any ideas?