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7 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

more screens that display out options ?

splitters

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Most half decent cards have enough outputs to handle 4 without any problems. On top of that, if you have integrated graphics you can use that to also increase the number of displays connected to your PC. There is also DisplayPort splitters.

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2 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

dumb question: how do some people have so many screens connected to one pc I mean how do people have more screens that display out options ?

I have 4 screen with all various sizes and resolutions

 

2560x1440 170hz asus monitor

1920x1080 75hz acer monitor

1920x1080 60hz asus monitor

1680x1050 60hz gateway monitor

 

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Any modern mid-range or higher GPU has at least four display outs. Some workstation cards may have even more. 

 

 

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many people have a gpu (graphics processing unit), which can normally drive about 3-4 screens at a time. if you have integrated graphics on your cpu, your motherboard will normally only have 2 inputs. with newer systems including hdmi and display port. so basically, they just connect them all via hdmi, display port or even dvi and then in windows you can change screen rotation and order

 

 

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7 minutes ago, StalePie42 said:

more screens that display out options ?

splitters

I Use my knowledge as business owner and self taught technician aswell as an AI to help people. AI might be controversial but it actually works pretty well 90% of the time.

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It's also worth mentioning that there are GPU's that are completely obsolete and unremarkable in every other way which are still sold just for the niche case of people who need to drive a lot of screens without doing anything particularly demanding on any of them:

 

https://www.microcenter.com/product/462021/visiontek-amd-radeon-hd-7750-low-profile-single-fan-2gb-gddr5-pcie-30-graphics-card

 

This is a model of mid-range card from 10 years ago with six display outs. 

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Most GPUs these days have multiple GPU outputs. If you have a need for a lot of displays then there are low end GPUs like this GT 710 from ASUS that offer multiple outputs. That ASUS card can output to four 4K displays at a time (at 30Hz if more than one is used, but still), so it's an easy way to add display outputs to a computer. 

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