Six Monitor Setup

[dve250]

I am going to put together a six monitor setup and think I will build the rig myself. Can I use 3 dual video cards with a motherboard that has 3 PCIe slots? Will this work with WinXP Pro? Any suggestions and input will be helpful.

 

[ivanbaj]

What are you going to use to hold the 6 monitors? Whats size LCD?

This is one my fev setups:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3jpG3rv4zI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iulVvTHGEZg&feature=related

and a16 monitos one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKmsJTLPtM&feature=related

 

[dve250]

I plan to use 6 Samsung 19" screens since I will only be putting 4 charts per screen. I will mount them on a wall with vesa wall mounts instead of paying $500+ for a six monitor stand. It's not the cost of the stand that's the issue, I need them to stay secure since I'm going mobile with them. If I move to a fixed location I will get the stand or make one.

 

[ivanbaj]

Chekc this

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/qid_series/

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/mms_series/g450x4mms/

 

[ivanbaj]

I wander how would 6 19" compare to 3 or 4 24''

Do you know the resolution the 19'' will run at?

 

[dve250]

I've determined buying 3 dual head cards are more economical than buying one quad and one dual. I looked for a tripple head card and didn't find one but it's still more than I want to spend if I have to buy 2 of them.

http://www.studica.com/products/product_detail.cfm?productid=53655

 

[dve250]

I've already determined the set up I want like I said. Bigger monitors with tripple head or quad heads is more than I need to spend. I'd like some input from those who know on whether my set up will work.

 

[Andris_2]

Theoretically you can use 3 PCIe cards with dual output paralelly.
I used 2 old Matrox Dualhead PCI cards with 4 monitors and it worked fine, so I think the 3 card setup will work too.

 

[dve250]

Thanks for the input. I found this thread that discusses it as well. So now I know it can work and I just need to pick the right components to build it.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/building/232258-6-monitor-system-build.html

 

[gnome]

Quote from dve250:

I am going to put together a six monitor setup and think I will build the rig myself. Can I use 3 dual video cards with a motherboard that has 3 PCIe slots? Will this work with WinXP Pro? Any suggestions and input will be helpful.

You can get 6 monitors to run an any of several mobos... whether they have 3, x16 slots or not.

Suggest avoiding mobos with "onboard video", however.

I've done a couple of 6'ers on the Dell T3400 using 2, x16 cards and 1, x1 card.