EVGA's DisplayPort Hub Available Now

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By Niels Broekhuijsen
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EVGA has released its DisplayPort hub for driving three monitors off a single DisplayPort plug on your desktop or laptop.

While it was known for a long time that DisplayPort is a standard that can be expanded for use of up to three monitors on a single output, not many DisplayPort hubs have passed through the channels. Now though, EVGA has announced its DisplayPort hub, and as you'd expect, you can drive up to three displays with it.

The configuration is meant to be as simple as possible, and just like DisplayPort itself, hot-plug compatible. It is based on the DisplayPort 1.2a specification, and is compatible with most devices that feature a DisplayPort output.

A power brick is included to power the device.

The resolutions supported start at 2400 x 600 pixels (three 800 x 600 monitors) and reach 5760 x 1080 pixels for driving a trio of Full-HD monitors. Higher than Full-HD resolutions are not supported.

The EVGA DisplayPort hub is currently available from EVGA directly for $99.99; $79.99 after a $20 mail-in rebate.

Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

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13 Comments Comment from the forums
  • lp231
    Only useful if you want to run up to 6 monitors.
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  • jamger
    could i plug this on my HD7850 DP and then just connect 3 screens to it for eyefinity? :p
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  • palladin9479
    Useful for AV / VTC folks as they might actually run that many displays. Actually I know of a location that could use a ton of these.
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  • moogleslam
    Looks like a good option for multi monitor gaming with G-Sync as Display Port is the only connection option for that technology.
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  • wysir
    Is there a similar option for HDMI connections?
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  • coupe
    Get a DP to HDMI adapter
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  • rwinches
    Can I daisy chain for 9 displays? Or More?

    And, can I run this with my Intel IGA 2500
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  • burkhartmj
    12308721 said:
    Is there a similar option for HDMI connections?

    Unfortunately there are hardware limitations that prevent HDMI from being able to do this. One of the features built in to DisplayPort was being able to power multiple monitors off one output, so this device is just utilizing that ability. HDMI doesn't have this feature.
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  • burkhartmj
    Unfortunately, they lost me at not being able to play nice with higher than FHD. I run 1920x1200 monitors, which would be outside this thing's range.
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  • soldier44
    Wow no 2560 x 1600 30 inch display support, bummer.
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