4 Monitor Support

FrankDaTank · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:07

Hey all! I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on supporting 4 monitors? A friend is looking for a solution to allow 4 monitors on one PC. It is not needed for gaming at all, just general website / program display.

Through some research I have seen solutions which involve 1 GPU with 4/6 outputs (expensive). Seen them in SLi / Crossfire, and also just multiple GPU's not in SLi / Crossfire.

What I want to know is if anyone has any experience with it. Can I use 2 x low end GPU's, and will they work together? Something like the 5450's?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-271-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1711

Thanks for any suggestions!

stulid · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:14

If he has a board with onboard display he could use that and a gfx card together.

FrankDaTank · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:20

I thought that may work with how you are suggesting, but does onboard GFX play ball with the 5450, allowing 4 monitors? 2 onboard and 2 on GPU?

stulid · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:34

Should do.

i make no guarantees, but I have done Z87/97 and GTX980 together before to run two screens to show a previous forum member it could be done.

Quartz · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:18

The graphics on my motherboard / CPU will not work with my Titan X.

FrankDaTank · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:34

That's not too promising. Think I will go for a dedicated card that can support all four, just to be sure.

stulid · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:51

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&highlight=blank+username_stulid#post27460675

That was the post, as I remember it was a pain to setup and I had to get the order of setup correct.

HecFam · 14 Oct 2015 at 13:02

I'm using 4 screens at work.

I just slung in 2 GPUs i had hanging around, not in SLI as that stops the 2nd card from outputting.

I have a Nvidia quadro 1400 and a GTX 7800 stuck in, all drivers installed and they both display to 2 screens each.

Should be fine with 2 5450s, no crossfire.

The-Plethora · 14 Oct 2015 at 14:47

Grab 2 5450s, nice and cheap, silent and will work a treat. I used 2 5770s for a while for 4 monitor support without any issues at all, I have an Nvidia card now but always found AMD has better multi monitor support.
I would check outputs though for monitors, maybe you can get a card with 2 DVI outputs per card.