can i have 4-5 display with this setup

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Processor: i3 4130

Motherboard: Asus H81M-D only have 2 ouput (VGA and DVI)

Video Card: MSI HD 5450 (VGA, DVI, HDMI)


I m going to use the intel 4400 IGP as my driver for display. will the videocard need to install driver? or it will automatically add another display


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Actually you can have 4, probably.

Most BIOS' have an option to enable both the onboard and PCIe video cards simultaneously. If you can do that then you can have 2 from the onboard and a further 2 from the video card.

The 5450 does support up to 3 displays on its own, but the 3rd display must be Displayport (or use an active adapter). Given your 5450 doesn't have a displayport you're stuck with 2 displays from that AMD card.

Just look for the option in the BIOS to enable onboard video even when a PCIe card is detected. Windows plays just fine with multiple graphics. You'll need drivers for each, but should have 4 displays (as long as the BIOS supports that option).

You can't game across 4, of course, and the 5450 is not a gaming...
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You can't have 4-5 displays with this setup your graphics card is holding you back you will need to buy another one of the same graphics cards. When you have a graphics card in your PCI-E slot it will disable onboard graphics
 
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Actually you can have 4, probably.

Most BIOS' have an option to enable both the onboard and PCIe video cards simultaneously. If you can do that then you can have 2 from the onboard and a further 2 from the video card.

The 5450 does support up to 3 displays on its own, but the 3rd display must be Displayport (or use an active adapter). Given your 5450 doesn't have a displayport you're stuck with 2 displays from that AMD card.

Just look for the option in the BIOS to enable onboard video even when a PCIe card is detected. Windows plays just fine with multiple graphics. You'll need drivers for each, but should have 4 displays (as long as the BIOS supports that option).

You can't game across 4, of course, and the 5450 is not a gaming card at all. But if you just want them for desktop/productivity purposes you should be fine.
 
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so I cant use the onboard graphic + external videocard for multiple display?
 
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I m only going to use it for CCTV viewing. I m currently using EP45 DS3R mobo + 2 external Graphic card (HD5450 and FX 6500) that gives me 4 simultaneous display of CCTV.
 
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Like Rhysiam has just said, some motherboards will let you enable both but as they have also stated this is going to be for display only and possibly having videos playing on multiple monitors running on a i3 with 4 videos on multiple monitors may cause issues though but untill you test it you won't know :)
 
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As long as your BIOS has that option you should be fine.

They don't all... but hopefully it does.

It'll be something about Onboard peripherals/onboard graphics/VGA PEG. Unfortunately there's no standard naming convention for the setting. Have a dig around in the BIOS and see what you can find.
 
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got the gigabyte b85m hd3 with triple display but cant get 4th display usng HD5450... in bios i got only 3 option on initial display: iGFX, PCIe, and PCI. no PEG and auto.
 
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