Need advice on a video card to support 4 monitors.

Quote from Bluedog:

Thanks guys and thank you Bolimomo for getting this info!

This is great information! I just can not believe this PC has only ONE X16 slot! :eek:
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MOST budget mobos have only one PCIEx16 slot.
 
Quote from Bolimomo:

"... I did not recommend 2 x PCIe X16 video cards (the current standard) because this HP box has only one X16. The other one is X4. I am not sure if the second card will work.
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2, PCIEx16 video cards is the best solution. Unless there is some restriction from the HP BIOS (shouldn't be), the second card will work. And even with "only 4 PCIE lanes"... that's still 2 GB/s data throughput.
 
Quote from GoldStandard:

There are basicly two ways you can go: One way is to buy a newer AMD eyefinity card and buy 4 new monitors that all support the Displayport standard. Then you daisy-chain the monitors together and connect them to the displayport port on your video card. The disadvantage here is that displayport monitors are considerably more expensive.

Or you can go with a 2-card solution, assuming you have a spare pci slot in your computer. Buy 2 video cards that can each support 2 monitors and connect 2 monitors to each card. Make sure the 2nd card you buy matches the type of pci slot you have free. Unless you already have 4 displayport monitors , this will probably be the more affordable solution.
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No need to use PCI cards at all unless >4 monitors. This mobo has 2, x16 slots. Get 2, Nvidia Quadro NVS 290/295s (on eBay, $30-$40 each, with DVI-DP adapters) .... or 2 GeForce 8400 dualheads without fans. These are not "fast, high power" video cards but have plenty enough horsepower for trading, watching movies.

Display Port monitors are not any more expensive than DVI monitors per se.... though some 30" monitors come only with DP.
 
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