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3 monitor graphic cards

  • #1
  • First Post: Oct 26, 2006 11:37am Oct 26, 2006 11:37am
I got one of those multiple monitor graphic cards. Wow! Amazing!

It's just like having two computers! I can keep my charts running on one monitor and work on the other.

Now, I'm considering another getting another machine.

Are there any graphic cards that support 3 monitors?

How about putting 2 graphic cards in one machine?
  • #2
  • Oct 26, 2006 12:32pm Oct 26, 2006 12:32pm
I don't believe there are 3 monitor graphics cards, I have seen 4. You can put two dual monitor graphics cards in a computer though.

andersenws
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  • #3
  • Oct 26, 2006 1:54pm Oct 26, 2006 1:54pm
just buy multiple graphics cards with 2 heads each. I am not familiar with these newfangled motherboards that use PCI express... but before you could only have 1 AGP. So my first one would be AGP and the others would be PCI.

I had 3 dual heads in my computer before + 1 single head PCI.

Once you get past 3 video cards in your computer you can start to have problems that get resolved in weird ways such as playing musical chairs with the graphics cards in the various PCI slots (and not so weird ways, like upgrading power supply).

But if you stick to 3 cards (single or dualhead each) then you shouldn't run into problems.

you may want to check the multi monitor database (at realtimesoft I believe) to check if other people running your projected new configuration have run into compatibility problems. Sometimes some cards just don't like each other. Although I suspect this is more a problem of older cards than those of the last few years.
  • #4
  • Oct 26, 2006 2:11pm Oct 26, 2006 2:11pm
i thought that there is some sort of multi-monitor adapter for this purpose.

something like servers where u can use one monitor,keyboard&mouse for 10 computers just have to turn the dial on adapter.

i'm sure there is something for one computer and ten monitors
  • #5
  • Oct 26, 2006 2:25pm Oct 26, 2006 2:25pm
Quoting Pertti
i thought that there is some sort of multi-monitor adapter for this purpose.

something like servers where u can use one monitor,keyboard&mouse for 10 computers just have to turn the dial on adapter.

i'm sure there is something for one computer and ten monitors
Matrox actually puts out an external adapter that "expands" one VGA port. It then splits it off into 2 analog signals for 2 different monitors. SO, you can plug 1 monitor into the 1st VGA (or DVI, whatever) port of your card, and then plug this (DualHead2Go, I think it's called) into the other VGA port, and the plug 2 additional monitors into the adapter and viola! you have 3 monitors and you don't have to mess with another card. I think they even create one with 3 heads to get 4 monitors going.

Remember, it's probably more efficient to attach the video cards because of how close it is to the actual bus, BUT, I don't think noticed any latency when using the item to pull up multiple charts when I demoed the product a few months back.
  • #6
  • Last Post: Nov 1, 2006 1:58pm Nov 1, 2006 1:58pm
Quoting mrmikal
Matrox actually puts out an external adapter that "expands" one VGA port. It then splits it off into 2 analog signals for 2 different monitors. SO, you can plug 1 monitor into the 1st VGA (or DVI, whatever) port of your card, and then plug this (DualHead2Go, I think it's called) into the other VGA port, and the plug 2 additional monitors into the adapter and viola! you have 3 monitors and you don't have to mess with another card. I think they even create one with 3 heads to get 4 monitors going.

Remember, it's probably more efficient to attach the video cards because of how close it is to the actual bus, BUT, I don't think noticed any latency when using the item to pull up multiple charts when I demoed the product a few months back.
http://www.colorgraphic.net/newsite/...reen_faqs.html
Check this out guys!!! they have multi-screen cards. I have one of"em for two monitors.
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