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What is best gpu for running 3 lcd`s?

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500   02-13-2012 at 04:47:59 AM

hi,
i would like to know which gpu is best for running 3 lcd`s something around 200$ with CUDA?
i will use is for photoshop and gaming
my config is i5 2500k
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thanks

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amuffin   02-13-2012 at 04:49:55 AM

You can't run more than 2 displays with an nvidia card. You would need 2 for that, and since you want cuda this is kind of going to screw you over. Get a 6950 then.


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esrever   02-13-2012 at 04:52:04 AM

you are looking at 2x 450 if you want cuda and 3 displays for $200 which is kinda a bad deal for everything else.

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500   02-13-2012 at 04:55:47 AM

so i cant run 3 lcd`s of one gpu even tho there will be 3 or 4 outputs?

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esrever   02-13-2012 at 04:58:59 AM

not unless you ditch cuda and go with AMD.

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500   02-13-2012 at 05:01:06 AM

ok i heard that cuda supports CS rite? but is it there big different between nvidia and ati?is it really important for cs to have cuda? what about this one Galaxy GeForce GTX560 Ti MDT X5


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esrever   02-13-2012 at 05:07:56 AM

no nvidia single gpu currently supports 3 displays. you'd need 2 of them for what ever you choose.

by CS you mean adobe CS? cuda is supported in that and does offer some nice things.

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html

Heres the gpu support list but you won't be able to do 3 monitors for any single of the gpus.

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500   02-13-2012 at 05:12:30 AM

yes cs i meant photoshop ok but that galaxy it says its supports 5 displays but why they put there so many outputs when you cant use all of them??? there didnt even mentioned gtx560

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esrever   02-13-2012 at 05:17:40 AM

oh nvm, that gpu will work with 5 displays, just make sure you have the mini hdmi cables. I was no aware they made a special card for multiple displays. It should work well.

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aviconus   02-13-2012 at 05:22:28 AM

Worked perfectly out of the box. Ran 3 x 22" LCD monitors off of one GTX275. If you arent looking to spend an ungodly amount of $$$ for a GPU that supports multi-displays, then go with Matrox Triplehead2go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

Good Luck!

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500   02-13-2012 at 05:23:11 AM

well isnt there anything similar to this card? i could use one mini hdmi cable is included with card one mini hdmi converter and one dvi calbe no?

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esrever   02-13-2012 at 05:25:08 AM

probably will work. I don't know if they have any specific cable preferences.

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500   02-13-2012 at 05:26:02 AM

aviconus wrote :

Worked perfectly out of the box. Ran 3 x 22" LCD monitors off of one GTX275. If you arent looking to spend an ungodly amount of $$$ for a GPU that supports multi-displays, then go with Matrox Triplehead2go.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

Good Luck!


no i am not looking spend much tho most 300 or so but as i said i want something for photoshop gaming and 3 lcd :D

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esrever   02-13-2012 at 05:27:59 AM

Do you do anything professional in photoshop that would require gpu processing because the cpu can do fine, just a bit slower.

you can do with a radeon in that case which would probably be much cheaper for the same gaming performance than that specially designed card.

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aviconus   02-13-2012 at 05:30:13 AM

Worked prefectly in gaming, Adobe After Effects, Sony Vega. Don't really mess around with PS, so idk. What I do know is that you can find a TH2G for 200-300 easy, you wont have to upgrade your GPU (unless you want to) and it splits your 1 x digital signal into 3 x digital signals. They way your attempting to go about it, will likely end up with you having 1 digital signal and 2 analog signals, which is not optimal for what you are trying to do with 3 displays. IMO try it out, and if you dont like it, send it back for a refund.

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amuffin   02-13-2012 at 07:28:19 AM

You would need an sli setup, how about buying 1 gtx 560ti for now and then getting one later for sli? Also I have seen people run 2 displays off of 1 card and then another display with the intel hd 3000 and z68 board.

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FtsArTek   02-13-2012 at 08:07:25 AM

Only option I can think of is getting a GTX460 2win or a 560 2win, or a GTX590.... But 600 series is rumoured to support more than 2 monitors, as a nice change.

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sunnk   02-13-2012 at 09:56:46 AM

for 3 monitors go with amd cards like hd 6950 2gb.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 1681412757

get an twinfrozr iii for better cooling,overclocking and unlocking shraders.

or wait for kepler.

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500   02-13-2012 at 11:49:56 AM

amuffin wrote :

You would need an sli setup, how about buying 1 gtx 560ti for now and then getting one later for sli? Also I have seen people run 2 displays off of 1 card and then another display with the intel hd 3000 and z68 board.


yes that what i was thinking 1 gtx560ti and one ge force 9800 what i have rite now and i am running out of that 2 lcd`s?

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esrever   02-14-2012 at 12:59:51 AM

that will give you 3 monitors but no CUDA.

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500   02-14-2012 at 02:13:58 AM

do i really need that for photoshop? tho

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500   02-14-2012 at 02:19:46 AM

what about this one ?
can i do 3 lcd here ? http://www.microcenter.com/single_ [...] id=0364079


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