Solved Card that can support 3 monitors?

[Jemjem787]

With my current build, I've been trying to make it work with three monitors but my Graphics card doesn't support it. Could you guys give me some names of some good videocards that can support 3 monitors? They can be any output, i can just get converters. Preferably some newer ones please.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I love my XFX 7870.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605





Then there's this bad boy:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150632

Same design in ASUS:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560

 

[kbrady1979]

Just about any newer AMD or Nvidia card will support triple monitors. The trick is getting a card with plenty of RAM on it. If you are gaming at high resolution, you need 3+ GB of RAM so you don't run out as it is drawing frames across the screens. What kind of monitors do you have and what is your budget for a video card?

 

[AddRAM]

Newegg.com - EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-2765-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121770&Tpk=Asus gtx 770

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560

And here`s a cheap card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121724

 

[kbrady1979]

Any of the new Nvidia 700 series cards would do just fine. The 760's that AddRAM just linked to are really great value cards.....AND there are 760's with 4GB of RAM, which you need for HD triple monitor setups.

 

[Jemjem787]

I'm low on money, so maybe like a card under 250$.

 

[Dude]

Look at this one

ZOTAC ZT-60901-10M GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com

 

[Jemjem787]

Look at this one

ZOTAC ZT-60901-10M GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com

This is the exact card i own, what is the performance difference between the two?
Amazon.com: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI-I/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Limited Lifetime Warranty Graphics Card, 012-P3-1570-AR: Electronics

And would any gtx 660 be able to support 3 monitors or is it just that specific card?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

You can look at the numbers and compare here:

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

 

[Jemjem787]

You can look at the numbers and compare here:

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

But there are different models of the same videocard, so some would be better than others. The best model of the 660 might be better than the worst model of the 570, and vice versa.

 

[Jemjem787]

Also would the 760 or the 660ti be able to handle 3 monitors?

 

[kbrady1979]

What resolution are your monitors?

 

[Jemjem787]

I'm currently not at home, but I'm 90% sure I have two 1280/1024. Then I'm planning to get a nice hd widescreen monitor for the middle.

 

[kbrady1979]

I'd say get a card with 3-4GB of GDDR5 RAM if you are using multiple monitors. Other than that, just about any 600-700 series Nvidia card will work fine.

 

[Dude]

I If you are running several high res monitors more ram will be needed. I run on high res and a 17 inch on the side with my 660. I think it would handle 3 monitors well, but having 3-4 gb of vram would be the better bet.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

You can look at the numbers and compare here:

PassMark Software - Video Card Benchmarks - High End Video Cards

But there are different models of the same videocard, so some would be better than others. The best model of the 660 might be better than the worst model of the 570, and vice versa.

Some also overclock better.

 

[Jemjem787]

So would either of these cards do the job? I would be hooking up most likely 3 DVI monitors right away, and buying a HDMI Monitor later.

Newegg.ca - EVGA 02G-P4-2763-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card

Newegg.ca - ZOTAC ZT-70401-10P GeForce GTX 760 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card

http://www.amazon.com/Graphics-Over...TF8&qid=1374964956&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+660+ti

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I would EVGA personally and yes they'll both "do the job". Video says pure digital only on one DVI and digital /analog DVI on the other then display port and HDMI. I think you should allow for some adapters to power up three DVI monitors and then research the digital only DVI port. Maybe some else can comment on the DVI-D vs the DVI-I outputs and what that could mean with you intended monitors.

http://www.cablestogo.com/product/54184

My Radeon 7870 had twin DVI out's single and a dual link output.

 

[Jemjem787]

I would EVGA personally and yes they'll both "do the job". Video says pure digital only on one DVI and digital /analog DVI on the other then display port and HDMI. I think you should allow for some adapters to power up three DVI monitors and then research the digital only DVI port.

2m DisplayPort™ 1.1 Male to DVI-D™ Male Cable (6.5ft) - C2G

Sorry, i don't really understand what you are saying. Im not that smart with stuff like this. On the Evga card, i see one DVI-D port, one DVI-I port , one hdmi, and one display port.

The two monitors i have right now are both VGA, i have a VGA-DVI adapter's for both of them, and both of them are eventually hooked up to the DVI-I on my current card.

With the new card, i was planning to hook those two monitors to the 2 DVI-I/DVI-D ports, and use an old VGA/DVI-D monitor with THIS cable to hook it up to the HDMI port.

Why would i need the display port to DVI-D cable?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Should work as you plan. If you run into an issue the the DVI-D then you'll have to adapt the Displayport output and that's why I posted that option.