3 Monitors?>

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:20 pm

Anybody ever run a triple monitor setup?

I had to observe the dispatchers at the local 911 Center, and they had their dispatch consoles setup with.
1 Triple Monitor Setup.
And 2 separate screens for other stuff (1 for phone and 1 for radio).
What Graphics Cards are able to do the triple monitor setups?

And what are the disadvantages to those? Other than...they prolly wont game worth a crap.
Ever since I did that observation, I've been wanting a 3x Monitor Setup, can't afford it right now of course.

This one looks like it does 4.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814106049

kinda of pricey though.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:49 pm

With earlier versions of Windows, it had to be done with video cards that supported it, if I recall, XP and prior would natively only support dual monitors.

Matrox video cards would support triple and I think quad back then. With todays SLI/Crossfire capable motherboards, having dual video cards..each with dual video outputs...you can run 4.

I'm sure there are special purpose video cards that support beyond that.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:55 pm

I've done 3 but I've used a splitter beyond the two DVI ports already on the card. If you do that you can run up to 5 or more depending on the amount from the splitter.