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I currently have 3 24 inch 1080p displays run by a  Gigabyte 780 TI GHZ Edition. My work will be replacing our 22 inch 1680x1050 work monitors and selling them on the cheap. i would like to get 3 for a total of 6 at home, however the 780 TI lacks the ports to run all 6. Can i add a cheap video card to run the 22s for desktop use while using the 780 ti and the 24s for gaming?

 

If so does anyone have a recommendation on which GPU to get?

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Just now, viper1884 said:

 

you can run them with the igpu of your cpu. just enable it in the bios and plug them into the mobo.

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3 minutes ago, viper1884 said:

I currently have 3 24 inch 1080p displays run by a  Gigabyte 780 TI GHZ Edition. My work will be replacing our 22 inch 1680x1050 work monitors and selling them on the cheap. i would like to get 3 for a total of 6 at home, however the 780 TI lacks the ports to run all 6. Can i add a cheap video card to run the 22s for desktop use while using the 780 ti and the 24s for gaming?

 

If so does anyone have a recommendation on which GPU to get?

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You can probably do that and there are probably tons of cards you can do that with, but the 650Ti comes to mind because I was running three screens off of it before I killed it. Is the 750Ti cheap enough?

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1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

you can run them with the igpu of your cpu. just enable it in the bios and plug them into the mobo.

Three off an iGPU at the same time?

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if you only will use the 22s for web browsing etc, get any video card heres a cheap one http://www.amazon.com/EN210-SILENT-DI-1GD3-V2/dp/B004I5UDO6/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1462912171&sr=1-4&keywords=graphic+cards&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A3542896011

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Three off an iGPU at the same time?

if hes not doing heavy stuff on them it should be fine. they are not 1440p ones.

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just make sure to use an nvidia gpu because your 780ti will just shut itself down if an amd one is detected.

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1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

just make sure to use an nvidia gpu because your 780ti will just shut itself down if an amd one is detected.

"Using the competitor's card? Well Imma bugger off then..."

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"Using the competitor's card? Well Imma bugger off then..."

for real they implemented that after linus did a video about using nvidia and amd cards in the same system.

sometimes nvidia is just really awful.

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1 minute ago, ChrisCross said:

for real they implemented that after linus did a video about using nvidia and amd cards in the same system.

sometimes nvidia is just really awful.

I know...Nvidia really needs to get their act together :P AND STOP BOYCOTTING THEIR OWN AND AMD CARDS!!!!!

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Probably the easiest way would be to use USB display adapters.   1680x1050 is definitely possible even over USB 2.0 with cheap adapters.  Just don't expect to do any gaming on the USB displays.

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the 22s have ports for DP, DVI-D, D Sub. I'm not 100% sure as im not home right now but my main 24 monitor is running 144hrtz off of the DVI-D (i believe) port on the 780 i believe. with the other analog DVI  for 1 and HDMI for the other, i have a maximus 5 formula with has a DP and HDMI port on the back IO. So it might be possible to run the 22s off those with an HDMI adapter. 

 

if i was going to buy a GPU i wouldn't want to go more than 100.

 

Also thanks for the quick replies.

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