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Need a quad screen capable graphics card

SuperSaiyan4 said:
Ok i am confused.

Say my friend goes with the latest monitors what graphics card single card can allow 4 monitors?
What about this?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-126-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866
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If by latest you mean will use dvi rather than vga then that would work if you got a pair of active dp to dvi dongles as well. Then that would work but it's still massive overkill and a very expensive way of doing it. It's far better to use 2 low end cards. Heck, for spreadsheet work the 430's I recommended are overkill. A pair of 8400gs' will do the job.
 
It would help if you gave us the spec/model of the monitors and the motherboard things will be slotted into.

Dual link dvi is used for very high res (2560x1440+) or 120hz 1080p screens.

I assume the monitors in question will be at most 1920x1200 so you could use hdmi to dvi cables as well as the standard dvi to dvi if they are digital screens.
 
lay-z-boy said:
It would help if you gave us the spec/model of the monitors and the motherboard things will be slotted into.

Dual link dvi is used for very high res (2560x1440+) or 120hz 1080p screens.

I assume the monitors in question will be at most 1920x1200 so you could use hdmi to dvi cables as well as the standard dvi to dvi if they are digital screens.
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They will be 19inch monitors on naitive res say 1440x900? But 4 of them they will be DVI and or HDMI connectors.

Motherboard Asus M5A97 Pro.
 
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/AMD-780G-HDTV-Blu-Ray,review-30420-6.html
Is this what you require ?
This guy has utilised the onboard graphics of the motherboard but dual graphics cards will do the same, just plug the monitors into the vga and dvi with no xfire and you should be good to go. That is why the other guys on here have said just use low end GPU's. That link should give you a good guide.
 
SuperSaiyan4 said:
Ok cheers gonna get the 6950 though as my friend wants to try to use 6 monitors at a later stage.

Will I be ok with a 650w psu or should i get a 750w?
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650W will be fine with the Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 1024MB.

Not getting a 2GB card?

You'll need 2 active DisplayPort to DVI or HDMI adapters.
 
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