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dell 8700 for 6 monitors

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June 30, 2013 5:22:32 PM

Hi

i have a stupid question---just opened up my new dell 8700 after asking the tech at dell whether it could accommodate 2 video cards for a total of 6 monitors and he said yes. The slot that houses the radeon 7570 has a dvi, hdmi and i guess one on board hdmi for 3 there, the 2 adjacent pci slots have very short female adaptors mounted to the chasis, much shorter than the one the radeon card has

am i missing something here or can this machine somehow have mounted another video card that can handle another 3 monitors?

Thanks for any assistance here

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June 30, 2013 8:40:24 PM

Well the tech guy from dell may have been mistaken, Those short slots are PCix1 slots, which graphics cards dont connect to. As for the 3 onboard you dont use gpu and onboard graphics at the same time, it wont work. So you are looking at 2 monitors at most, why you would even need 6 is beyond me... you can get another card in there with one of these http://www.camera2000.com/en/pci-e-1x-riser-pci-express... it extends a pcix1 to pci x16. Not the greatest plan but it might work.
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July 1, 2013 7:27:49 AM

im a day trader so my resource requirements are similar as a high end gamer, thanks
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July 1, 2013 9:44:45 AM

trader_03 said:
im a day trader so my resource requirements are similar as a high end gamer, thanks


Ah I see now, if you manage to get a hold of one of those PCI extenders you can run multiple gpus off of the pci e x16 slot (The one the cards in) and more off of the pcie x1slot (Small one) to get up to 6 monitors.
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July 1, 2013 10:12:59 AM

Thanks but i think i will loose true digital/resolution and since the system isnt designed for that probably heat issues also,,, even tech at dell said it was not a more than one card system,, in short they gave me false info,, system is going back and i will assemble a home build like i should have done from the beginning thank you dell for not even knowing youre on product line!!!
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July 1, 2013 10:17:25 AM

ps according to dell (already sounding funny) if i make sure that under bios options that multi display is enabled i can run the hdmi/gpu on the mother board and get a 3rd monitor with 2 from this card
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July 1, 2013 5:21:50 PM

You could make that work eventually, but it would be a very low quality picture. Its good to hear you decided to home build!
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