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Expanding from 3 monitors to 6 monitors - GPU Help Please!

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Current Setup:

EVGA GTX 780 Ti Superclocked (03G-P4-2883-KR)

i7-4790K (4.0 GHz) Quad Core

Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1866

Asus Z97-AR Motherboard ATX LGA1150

3 Asus 144hz monitors 24''

 

I would like to add 3 more monitors to my setup for a total of 6 for stock trading, however, my 780ti's 3 ports are all full with my current 3 monitor setup.

My first impulsive reaction was to just SLI, but I can't find any new 780ti's of the same model.

 

1) Is there a special adapter to safely link up 6 monitors to my GPU?

2) If not, is it possible to add a second GPU that is not exactly the same as my current one (non SLI)?

 

I only game on one monitor (my middle one) and do not plan on extending the gaming to 3 or even 6 monitors. All 6 will only be in use while trading / productivity tasks.

Sorry if these are stupid questions, I've been out of the loop for over a year and couldn't find relevant threads with search.

 

Thanks for your time! 

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if you don't plan on gaming on them, just hook the others up to your integrated graphics... It will work fine. 

 

Otherwise just grab a cheap 750 or something to throw in there and run them from that.

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im pretty sure you need to buy a GPU that supports 6 monitors, like this:

CGAX-7876M6_3.png

Matrox-C680-Six-Output-Graphics-Card-Set

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/c-series/c680/

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couple things

 

1: why do you need 6 monitors, cant you really not complete enough tasks with 3?!?!?!

3: you can get an adapter for 1 display port to 3 which would give you 3 display port, 1 hdmi, and 2 dvi

 

http://www.amazon.com/Club-CSV-5300-SenseVision-DisplayPort-3xDisplayPort/dp/B00CD2632M

 

but i sti dont know why you need six monitors is three not enough thats a lot of screen

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im pretty sure you need to buy a GPU that supports 6 monitors, like this:

CGAX-7876M6_3.png

Matrox-C680-Six-Output-Graphics-Card-Set

 

/sarcasm I hope....

 

Also @OP you could just daisy-chain displayport...

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if you don't plan on gaming on them, just hook the others up to your integrated graphics... It will work fine. 

 

Otherwise just grab a cheap 750 or something to throw in there and run them from that.

 

im pretty sure you need to buy a GPU that supports 6 monitors, like this:

CGAX-7876M6_3.png

Matrox-C680-Six-Output-Graphics-Card-Set

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/c-series/c680/

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dat poor cpu...

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thats the laggiest most disgusting screen setup i have seen...

and its like 480p lol

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/sarcasm I hope....

 

Also @OP you could just daisy-chain displayport...

the 780ti only supports 3+1 display though...

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dat poor cpu...

 

thats the laggiest most disgusting screen setup i have seen...

and its like 480p lol

 

That's from 2012, it was just to show that you don't need to spend money on a new gpu.

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the 780ti only supports 3+1 display though...

Mobo should handle an additional 3.

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That's from 2012, it was just to show that you don't need to spend money on a new gpu.

 

I know. I originally stated:

 

if you don't plan on gaming on them, just hook the others up to your integrated graphics... It will work fine. 

 

Otherwise just grab a cheap 750 or something to throw in there and run them from that.

LINK-> Kurald Galain:  The Night Eternal 

Top 5820k, 980ti SLI Build in the World*

CPU: i7-5820k // GPU: SLI MSI 980ti Gaming 6G // Cooling: Full Custom WC //  Mobo: ASUS X99 Sabertooth // Ram: 32GB Crucial Ballistic Sport // Boot SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB

Mass SSD: Crucial M500 960GB  // PSU: EVGA Supernova 850G2 // Case: Fractal Design Define S Windowed // OS: Windows 10 // Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma // Keyboard: Corsair k70 Cherry MX Reds

Headset: Senn RS185 // Monitor: ASUS PG348Q // Devices: Note 10+ - Surface Book 2 15"

LINK-> Ainulindale: Music of the Ainur 

Prosumer DYI FreeNAS

CPU: Xeon E3-1231v3  // Cooling: Noctua L9x65 //  Mobo: AsRock E3C224D2I // Ram: 16GB Kingston ECC DDR3-1333

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1: why do you need 6 monitors, cant you really not complete enough tasks with 3?!?!?!

 

 

YOU. YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU QUESTION OP AND HIS MONITORS?

One can NEVER have too much desktop real estate! NEVERRRRR!!!!!!

I have 5. Three run off my 7970. the other two run off a spare 7770.

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