GPU recommendation for 4 monitors

isildur1

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Hi, I just added 2 more 20" monitors to my dual monitor setup for 4 monitors total (2 20", a 27" and 30"). I am looking for a GPU that can support all 4 of these monitors. The 30" needs to be able to run at it's full resolution 2560x1600.

When I was running my dual monitor setup I was running the GeForce GT 430 ZOTAC 1GB. At the moment I am running 2 monitors in that GPU and the other 2 monitors I plugged into my iGPU (Intel i5 2500k) which I re-enabled in BIOS. All 4 monitors are able to work when I do this, but it lags like crazy when I multi-table online poker. I'm a professional online poker player and I play 12 tables+, have other programs running, etc. I know I can get another similar graphics card and run 2 graphics card, but I would prefer to have 1 mid-range graphics card that can support all 4 monitors. Not sure if it's relevant but for memory I have 16 GB DDR3.

I have done some research but I'm not sure I found the best one for me yet. One good GPU I came across was the GTX650TI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121725 , but this doesn't have a DisplayPort connection, which I need for my 30". I guess I could get a DisplayPort -> DVI wire if it came down to it, but I would prefer the GPU had a DisplayPort connection. Also when I was looking up GPU's I don't see in the specifications max monitors that can be supported. In the one I linked it mentioned that it can support up to 4 it in the comments. Anyway, any help picking one out would be much appreciated.
 

bucknutty

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I would do something like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150689
the big screen hits the DP.
1 screen on hdmi
2 on DVI.

Should be easy.
You could go with a second 430 if your computer has 2 PCI-e ports. The lag and hang ups is most likely the igp drivers, or the mother board drivers.

I run 3 screens, normally I have the 3 in surround, but if I run 2 screens in sli and the 3rd on the igp of my i7 I get weird hang ups when I drag open windows to the extra screen. I am pretty sure it has to do with the lucid logix controller on the board, or with the igp drivers.