Which PCie card to run 4 displays simulataneously

[sammy7]

HI,

Due to space limitations, I need one VGA card running on a PCIe interface, to power four screens at the same time.

I will be using the machine for business applications. I require all four screens to be displaying the same images at times (like in a presentation scenario) and at other times, each screen would have different apps runing. No gaming will be done on this machine.

Any reccomendations ??

 

[hcforde]

Look for a Quadro nvs440 or check out the Matrox site

http://www.pny.com/products/quadro/nvs/440x16NvsPciEx.asp
http://www.matrox.com/mga/corp/home.cfm

on the right there is a column titled Graphics Card Solutions - check them out.

Cards with 4 ports may cost about $600+ new but on ebay a lot cheaper

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Also just to add to those above, there's the FireMV cards from ATi.
http://www.ati.com/products/firemvseries/index.html
The FireMV 2400 would be the Quad solution.


I'd say all three will likely perform very smiliarly, and you'd probably be best off getting a 3rd party app (like UltraMon) to control them, but pick your card, see if the bundled software does everything you need, and then if you need it, get something. IMO Ultramon is worth it if you're serious about multi-mon.

PS: Just FYI, there's a new NVS coming out sometime soon, remember reading about it a few weeks back, it's a 600 series card IIRC.

 

[sammy7]

Tnx for the info Guys,

Much appreciated. I will try the apps that come with whatever card I decide on, if it is not sufficient, then I guess Ill look into UltraMon.

 

[garyhope]

Sammy,

Some of the guys here have already told you what cards are available for running 4 monitors.

For business applications, you're mostly talking about 2D which is kind of a stepchild of graphics applications now.

In my research for 2D cards for my own online stock and currency trading with multiple monitors planning to run on an ASUS A8N5X mobo with and AMD X2-3800, here is some of what I've found:

http://www.pny.com/products/quadro/nvs/440x16NvsPciEx.asp

http://www.pny.com/products/quadro/nvs/440x1NvsPciEx.asp

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133164

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=3927620

http://www.ati.com/products/firemvseries/FireMV2400PCIe.html

There is also colorgraphic (ATI) and Matrox:

http://www.matrox.com/mga/corp/home.cfm

2D is now a rather obscure part of graphics cards with less providers for 2D and multi-monitor stuff. I think much of the video card business is driven by gaming cards.

Here are 2 sites for multiple monitor mounting stands and brackets:

http://nst.mountsandmore.com/Default.asp?

and:http://www.ergotron.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

Good luck and tell me how you make out.