3 Video cards for 6 Monitors?

[Blammo300]

I need to run 6 Monitors off of one computer. So I was gonna buy a new motherboard with 3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots and then 3 cheap cards with 2 DVI each. Do you guys think this will work?

 

[paperfox]

yes or you could get only 2 of ATIs new 5000 series cards, they support 3 monitors, however you will need a Displayport to DVI/HDMI or Displayport to VGA adapter for the 3rd monitor on each of the cards.
DP to VGA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270279
DP to DVI/HDMI
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Cables/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=330-5521

What sorts of things do you plan on using the monitors for? just 2D apps like internet browsers or 3D intensive tasks like rendering?

 

[Blammo300]

Its going to be simple 2d viewing on all monitors. Cool Thanks for the advice.