11 Monitor Setup With 4 Graphics Cards

rinfinity · Sep 3, 2014

I need to run 11 monitor *non-gaming* setup. The cheapest combination I've come up with is:

CPU- Intel core i5 4440
MoBo- GA-H87-D3H [supports up to 3 monitors(integrated graphics)]
4X Nvidia Geforce 210 [supports up to 2 monitors each]

The four graphics cards are supposed to go into each of the PCIe slots as the motherboard has:

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(PCIEX4/PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

What I wish to know is if it's possible/feasible to run the Geforce 210 in X1 slots?

legend001523 · Sep 3, 2014

oops they won't work, they only fit into pcie x16

smackers_12 · Sep 3, 2014

rinfinity :

You need a physical x16 slot (that means full size slot) to run those graphics cards, they will not fit in an x1 slot. I dont know weather you can use a graphics card and integrated graphics at the same time

EDIT: Also I dont think you can even run 4 GeForce 210's, they have no sli connections

i7Baby · Sep 3, 2014

Won't work -

1. GF210 - http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210/specifications - max resolution 2560 x 1600 (4 Mp) - can do 2 x 1080p monitors each - 1 by DVI and 1 by Display Port - need to have matching monitors

2. Only the primary graphics card can run monitors - so max 2 monitors.

3. Can't have output from the motherboard at the same time as graphics card - so max 2 monitors @ 1080p

4. Can't run a graphics card in a pcie x1 slot

fiasse1 · Sep 3, 2014

rinfinity :

I need to run 11 monitor *non-gaming* setup. The cheapest combination I've come up with is:

CPU- Intel core i5 4440
MoBo- GA-H87-D3H [supports up to 3 monitors(integrated graphics)]
4X Nvidia Geforce 210 [supports up to 2 monitors each]

The four graphics cards are supposed to go into each of the PCIe slots as the motherboard has:

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(PCIEX4/PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

What I wish to know is if it's possible/feasible to run the Geforce 210 in X1 slots?

AMD FirePro W9100 x2

molletts · Sep 3, 2014

It's a pity the x1 slots are closed-back. Some boards have open-back ones that will take "wider" cards.

You've got two regular PCI slots so you could get 2 x GeForce G610 PCIe and 2 x G610 PCI. The PCI version is a little scarce but I bought one for a friend a year or so ago - I think it was a Zotac-branded card.

Two monitors per card (they won't be in an SLI configuration so you can have two monitors on all of them; there's no need for them to be matched - I use a combination of a 1440x900 DVI monitor and a 1024x768 VGA projector on around 50 systems where I work) = 8 monitors. You should be able to use the onboard graphics as well if you configure the BIOS correctly (again, I've got a couple of systems with Intel onboard + nVidia or AMD add-in so I know it works).

I assume you've checked that the integrated graphics can actually drive 3 monitors simultaneously...?

Stephen

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