Multiple monitors from 1 port?

[Con]

Let's say for example you have a ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 980 Ti AMP! which only allows for a maximum of 4 monitors to be active at any given time.

It has 3 DisplayPort 1.2 sockets, and each of them would have plenty of bandwidth for multiple 1080p60Hz monitors.

So in theory, would it be possible to connect four 1080p60Hz monitors to each of the DisplayPort 1.2 sockets to total 12 monitors (4 monitors multiplied by 3 ports), and would they all be recognised as different monitors in Windows 10? Would they even work at all?

[thekeemo]

MST hubs

Also nvidia limits the amount of monitors  even if you use the hub

[mariushm]

There are active displayport hubs, which convert one displayport into three displayport outputs. But, I'm not sure if all displayport connectors on a video card support the Multi Stream Transport standard, which is the basis for how these hubs work.

See for example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998089 or http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/mst-hub-1-3.html?page=3

 

Still, rather than paying 80$ to get 3 outputs from one output, wouldn't it be easier to just replace your 1080p monitors with a some huge 32"-42" 4K monitors? They're becoming quite cheap, there's some Phillips 42.5" monitors out there which are quite good (replace 4 monitors with this one, for under 1000$): https://www.amazon.com/Philips-BDM4350UC-43-Inch-IPS-LED-Monitor/dp/B01E18XRY2

 

TN or VA monitors are cheaper but they're often less than 30" so not that optimum for 4K.

[Glenwing]

11 hours ago, Con said:

Let's say for example you have a ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 980 Ti AMP! which only allows for a maximum of 4 monitors to be active at any given time.

It has 3 DisplayPort 1.2 sockets, and each of them would have plenty of bandwidth for multiple 1080p60Hz monitors.

So in theory, would it be possible to connect four 1080p60Hz monitors to each of the DisplayPort 1.2 sockets to total 12 monitors (4 monitors multiplied by 3 ports), and would they all be recognised as different monitors in Windows 10? Would they even work at all?

Yes, that would work fine. I don't know what the monitor limit on NVIDIA cards is these days, but I'm pretty sure it's a lot more than 4.