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Graphics card to support two tvs and two monitors

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Hi All,

Im looking for a graphics card that will support up to 4 displays, these will be two tvs and two monitors.

It doesnt have to be the best graphics card in terms of performance.
 
4 displays will be a push from a single card (without going high end enthusiast or "professional" cards like Nvidia Quadro/AMD Firepro)

What motherboard/processor do you have have? Either using 2 graphics cards, or running some displays from any onboard graphics are normally an easier/more cost effective option
 
Armageus said:
4 displays will be a push from a single card (without going high end enthusiast or "professional" cards like Nvidia Quadro/AMD Firepro)

What motherboard/processor do you have have? Either using 2 graphics cards, or running some displays from any onboard graphics are normally an easier/more cost effective option
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Its for work, so budget is basically unlimited provided i can justify the costs, how much are the Nvidia Quadro? .

Ill find out what motherboard and processor is in it but its likely to be a basic workstation from HP.
 
from a brief look at their website, if it's the tower or the SFF variant, should fit either of the two listed, however if it's the mini, no add in card will fit.
 
hmm, that might be more difficult, miniDP to HDMI or DVI are more common....

Edit: found some at a well known online megastore ranging from £6 upwards, but I have no idea how reliably they would work (probably fine!)
 
I'm not very up to speed on professional cards like these but I'd imagine that just like gaming cards, more VRAM and Cuda cores/stream processors is better.

I'm sure either of those would do desktop stuff fine, but what are the most demanding programs you use?
 
TrojanWhore said:
I'm not very up to speed on professional cards like these but I'd imagine that just like gaming cards, more VRAM and Cuda cores/stream processors is better.

I'm sure either of those would do desktop stuff fine, but what are the most demanding programs you use?
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Programs would just be word processing, running afew different programs on the windows like outlook, spreadsheets etc.

My main concern was that there is a £100 difference between them...
 
for that use any card (from the last 5-10 years) will do.

The Quadro is the cheapest card on here with 4 direct outputs, there are also 2 cheaper cards in the firepro section which support 3 natively but up to 5 over a DisplayPort MST hub (multiple screens connected to one port!), however this would be a further cost as well as adding to the complexity slightly.

It may be possible to use one of those cards to run three native displays and the fourth running from your onboard graphics, but I'm not sure how easy that is due to using two different display drivers (assuming you're on windows 10, I think 7 only supports one driver to be in use at a time.)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...gb-gddr5-512-stream-processors-gx-02a-am.html (£139)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...gb-gddr5-512-stream-processors-gx-02b-am.html (£180)

Once you factor in all the additional dongles etc. then it would be getting very close in price so of those options I'd probably be inclined towards the Quadro that Armageus listed.
 
TrojanWhore said:
for that use any card (from the last 5-10 years) will do.

The Quadro is the cheapest card on here with 4 direct outputs, there are also 2 cheaper cards in the firepro section which support 3 natively but up to 5 over a DisplayPort MST hub (multiple screens connected to one port!), however this would be a further cost as well as adding to the complexity slightly.

It may be possible to use one of those cards to run three native displays and the fourth running from your onboard graphics, but I'm not sure how easy that is due to using two different display drivers (assuming you're on windows 10, I think 7 only supports one driver to be in use at a time.)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...gb-gddr5-512-stream-processors-gx-02a-am.html (£139)
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/amd-...gb-gddr5-512-stream-processors-gx-02b-am.html (£180)

Once you factor in all the additional dongles etc. then it would be getting very close in price so of those options I'd probably be inclined towards the Quadro that Armageus listed.
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Just checked the HP Prodesk 400 G4 Small form factor has a PCI Express slot but it is :-

1 low-profile PCIe 3 x16 6.35 cm (2.5"), 16.76 cm (6.6") length, 35 W max power

The card is :-

Form Factor 68,9 mm H × 145 mm L (2.713” H × 5.7” L) Max Power 40W.

So will it work?
 
Well I'd imagine it would work fine, however it would be right on the limit at full load (just that I'd be surprised if it ever hit 40W if you are not rendering anything out with it).

you could also look at underclocking the card or reducing the power limit in the driver settings to help ensure it stays under that, but unless you modified the card BIOS (which is a bot extreme for work use and could potentially brick the card!), there is a chance it could pull more power during start up.

Alternatively, as I mentioned before you may be able to use a lower power card for 3 of the outputs, with the 4th on the onboard graphics. I can't give you any solid answers to absolutely guarantee so it would be worth calling OCUK CS to advise (or post in the CS sub-forum!), or to contact HP for some advice on what card they would recommend for a four output solution.

If it's going to pose a risk of damaging the overall workstation, then maybe worth seeing if you can justify a full system upgrade to something more suitable for the workload! - dependant on what your budget is looking like!
 
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