Card to support 4 monitors

These are the specs of my current machine:

w/ Core i7 3770 (4 x 3.9GHz CPU-8MB Cache+1150MHz Graphics)
Asus P8Z77-V LX
Performance Cooling Package
32GB DDR3-1600
PC3-12800
(4 x 8GB Dual Channel)
3TB SATA3-6gb/sec 7200RPM (64MB Cache) Hard Drive
Thermaltake - Mid-Tower Case (Black w/ Open Cooling)
850 Watt - Coolmax
Power Supply - Quad PCIe 6-Pin Compliant
Windows 7 Professional
24x DVD+/-RW Drive

These are the monitors I am trying to use:


http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-S27C5...amsung+S27C500H
Samsung S27C500H

Problem Statement: I need to connect 4 monitors using HDMI or DVI or Display port. I need the card to support 1920 X 1080 Pixels.

It has been suggested to me that I should go with 2 dual cards and save money. I agree.

Question: Which ones? Where? Just provide me link so i can go ahead and purchase 2 dual cards. Thanks again for all your support.
 
I can vouch for amazon, they have a rock solid return policy. A radeon hd 7770 is an older card, but for the price it should work ok. Dual fan so it is going to run fairly silent I think for charting.

Remember, you will need an active displayport adapter too, not passive, if your display doesn't support displayport directly. ATI cards require active adapters.

EDIT: This card is factory overclocked, it may run hotter than you need it too. I avoid overclocked video cards.

Just a random question... have you looked locally? I like getting video cards locally, so I can return them if something about them isn't to my satisfaction. Best Buy usually has something decent, and if it isn't you can bring it right back.
 
Quote from Agassi:

"... Problem Statement: I need to connect 4 monitors using HDMI or DVI or Display port. I need the card to support 1920 X 1080 Pixels.

It has been suggested to me that I should go with 2 dual cards and save money. I agree.

Question: Which ones? Where? Just provide me link so i can go ahead and purchase 2 dual cards. Thanks again for all your support.
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1. Do your monitors have Display Port and would you use that?

2. Have you decided... eBay or new from retailer?
 
Quote from Agassi:

Thanks again every one!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133371

I think this the very good deal. Based on my current understanding, this card supports 2 monitors (requires 3 party adapters to connect via DVI or HDMI etc.). So I can buy 3 of these to have a 6 monitor set up.
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No. You can't have 6 monitors that way. Remember your motherboard has only 2 PCIe X16 slots. You can only plug in 2 external cards for PCIe X16 bus. I suppose you can have 3 x PCI display cards (but PCI is the older bus type). Or have a mix of PCI and PCIe X16 cards. They may work okay if you stick the same make.
 
Quote from Bolimomo:

No. You can't have 6 monitors that way. Remember your motherboard has only 2 PCIe X16 slots. You can only plug in 2 external cards for PCIe X16 bus. I suppose you can have 3 x PCI display cards (but PCI is the older bus type). Or have a mix of PCI and PCIe X16 cards. They may work okay if you stick the same make.
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Not sure about his board, but most newer motherboards don't have the pci slots anymore. Furthermore, even if they do, if you try to run a display on pci express and also pci on the new boards they might not like that. I tried it on my new motherboard and the pci express card gave graphic artifacts. Works fine on my older motherboard though (pentium 4).
 
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