Best card for 4 monitor setup

[K@rl]

I've just inherited 2 nice monitors in addition to the 2 currently on my desk. I use my PC mainly for design work and having 4 monitors would be ideal.

I currently have a 5670 that only supports 2 out. Which card would be the cheapest option to have all 4 monitors spanning my desktop?

I've only got 1 PCIe 16 port so one card would be ideal. I've got a beefy power supply so that won't be an issue.

Any ideas? Been looking at an Eyefinity6 card but it seems a bit over kill just for my design machine.

 

[chaotic_uk]

6900 series supports 4 monitors does it not ?

 

[cmndr_andi]

6900 series supports 4 monitors does it not ?

+1 and the HD 6800 cards too

This one is a pretty good deal at £150.

Please note you will need a couple of displayport adapters to drive non-DP monitors if you are running more than two.

 

[K@rl]

Thanks for that - looks like the 6870 is the winner. Might even be able to play some games on that too.

 

[chaotic_uk]

Thanks for that - looks like the 6870 is the winner. Might even be able to play some games on that too.

just don't expect to run dx11 games at max details on 4 monitors with a single card

 

[RedStarRiot]

6900 series supports 4 monitors does it not ?

supports 5

 

[IronWarrior]

supports 5

It's 4, but there is an ASUS model that supports 6 right away, but it's a 3 bay slot monster.

The 6900's can infact support 6 monitors, but an unreleased break away box is needed to daisy chain the monitors.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...6950/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6950-overview.aspx#2

 

[DeadMan]

It's 4, but there is an ASUS model that supports 6 right away, but it's a 3 bay slot monster.

The 6900's can infact support 6 monitors, but an unreleased break away box is needed to daisy chain the monitors.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...6950/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6950-overview.aspx#2

"AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology

Native support for up to 5 simultaneous displays

Up to 6 displays supported with DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport
Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays

Display grouping
Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display"

 

[Surveyor]

For 3 monitors you need 1 with a DisplayPort connection or appropriate adapter.

For 4 monitors you need 2 with DisplayPort connections or appropriate adapters.

For 5 monitors you need 3 with DisplayPort connections or appropriate adapters.

For 6 monitors you need 4 with DisplayPort connections or appropriate adapters.