Best non-3D option

[Vertigo]

Hi,

What's my best option for a card which can drive three monitors but doesn't need any 3D capability?

It's for office use, hence why 3D isn't an issue, it just needs to be able to drive three decent resolution screens (1920x1200) and do so digitally, i.e. DVI/HDMI/DP, no analog connections.

From my initial looks around it seems all the low end cards tend to have two digital connections plus a D-SUB which is no good. What would people recommend in this situation?

 

[Vertigo]

Now looking at the Sapphire R7 250X here:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-345-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1984

Seems to do what I need but is 1GB enough for driving three 1920x1200 monitors?

 

[Orcvader]

What is the PC specs?

An even cheaper method is to use the IGP (if your PC has one) together with a lower end GPU.

 

[Vertigo]

It's an i7-2600 but it's on a P67 board so can't make use of the on-chip graphics.

 

[smilertoo]

If you're after solid 2d across multiple screens you could look at Matrox cards, that's what they specialise in these days.
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/

 

[Orcvader]

What's the current GPU? Is there a second PCIe slot on the motherboard?

 

[Vertigo]

It's an ancient Radeon of some kind. I get where you're going - add a second card to drive the third screen? Guess that could work but just want to replace the card with a new one really - if the R7 250X above will do the job then that'll do fine

 

[Orcvader]

Fair enough, then the card you linked earlier will do fine. Just make sure one of your monitors have a DP connection, otherwise you will need an active adapter.

 

[Vertigo]

Yeah it's three Dell 2408s so should be fine