What hardware needed for 4 monitor setup?

[brisk]

Hi guys,

I figured it's cheaper to get 2 GPUs rather than an expensive one with 4 ports. I do not need to game.

I'm looking at 21 inches but I'm unsure can I just buy any monitor brand and not sure what the term is but any bracket/stand. I want the setup as a square.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Jfrag]

What do you going to use 4 screen setup to?

 

[brisk]

Setup my desktop?

Just need 4 monitors for work.

 

[Jfrag]

Go with 1 GPU with 2-3 GB GDDR5 memory and by a splitter like this one:

https://www.google.se/search?q=hdmi+splitter&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=n_ohU4WSF9CThge4mIDIBA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=643&dpr=1#q=dvi+splitter&safe=off&tbm=isch

 

[James Mason]

Yeah, multiple graphics cards (in crossfire/sli) actually disable the output ports on one card, so you need 1 card with 4 outputs.
Find what monitor you want 4 copies of, then look out the inputs available on the monitor, then you can find a card that offers all 4.

I'd suggest one of these cards:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt6100310m
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt6110310m
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn75toc2gi

Each of these cards has a two tier performance difference between the other, weakest one listed first: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

 

[Jfrag]

Just buy a splitter!

 

[brisk]

And how about getting a stand for them so I can have one ontop of the other

 

[James Mason]

I dont think a splitter will actually give him two different screens, it would just be the same signal to each screen.

For the stand: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824995078
I have the two monitor version of it.

 

[brisk]

I presume you have to unscrew and remove the stand of each of the monitors.

 

[James Mason]

I presume you have to unscrew and remove the stand of each of the monitors.

yes, they also HAVE to be VESA mount (75x75 or 100x100) compatible monitors.

It's actually pretty easy to take the stands off. at least it was for my two 24" asus ones.

 

[brisk]

Cheers guys