Hi all
I have been using an intel arc 750 but the software keeps glitching and I finally have had to remove it from the machine.
I have a full ATX tower and I may as well upgrade to six monitors - anyone know of good video card which can do six? I don't need to do gaming really, just CAD and lots of MS Office/PDFs.
cheers,
Ah motherboard is Pro Z690-A WIFI so plenty of PCIe slots.
Can do no problem - sounds like the answer?
I think so, at least it is going to be dedicated hardware and not relying on USB to do your additional monitor hardware etc via a dock or similar.
Does your motherboard and CPU have integrated GPU? Check the manual to see if it supports video output when a discrete GPU is used: more than likely you should be able run 4 displays off the discrete card and 2 off the iGPU.
If not you might need to install two video cards.
Matrox is kind of the king of serious high-performance multi-monitor GPU's, but there are kind of pricey. (e.g Matrox C680) and there are some workstation cards (AMD FirePro W600) that also do 6 displayports at once, but being workstation-grade they are also eye wateringly expensive.
Ah motherboard is Pro Z690-A WIFI so plenty of PCIe slots.
So nothing to stop me running up to eight with 1 x ARC 750 and say 1 X Nvidia Card?
That would be excellent as when the ARC 750 glitches I am just back to four monitors?
I do have integrated graphics on the Pro Z690 though, which I am currently using after I pulled the freezing intel A750….so I probably should put the A750 back in and see if I can run at least one monitor off the integrated graphics and that would allow me to still control the machine when the intel graphics goes haywire?
Much appreciated. cheers
Nvidia and AMD have pro cards for CAD with certified drivers. You have to go back a generation or two to get a 6 output card and then they still cost a mint. DP can daisychain so with the right monitors you may only need 4 outputs. Two cards could also be an option one for cad and a general purpose one.
Are you trying to run 6 4k monitors or just 6 monitors? Is it physical or pixel real estate you are after. 4k is the equivalent to 4 fhd monitors so a 43" 4k monitor is both the same size and same pixel density as 4 22" monitors and there maybe 8k monitors out there.
Mainly real estate - I work with very complex 600 dpi PDFs - often a few thousand pages.
Also use Navisworks and CAD, but most graphics seem sufficient for this.
An external dock such as a Dell would give you 2 or 3 monitors (normally 2 DP and 1 HDMI from memory), and is a lot less than a video card.
Thanks, have not had much luck with these - tend to fail and fault frequently!!
I get a feeling to do 6 monitors, you are going to need two video cards.