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Norphy wrote:If gaming isn't important, it might be worth looking at the Matrox M9188, an octo-display graphics card
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/produ ... ductTabs=1
No idea how much it costs though!
kyboshed wrote:Norphy wrote:If gaming isn't important, it might be worth looking at the Matrox M9188, an octo-display graphics card
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/produ ... ductTabs=1
No idea how much it costs though!
I think they're the thick end of £1,500. I'd just like to have enough desk space for 8 monitors!
Usacomp2k3 wrote:What about using multiple smaller PC's and then using Mouse Without Borders to control them all? Imagine 8 30" monitors? The next step up beyond that would be to use multiple projectors and have a whole wall to be your screen. Even 4 of these would be amazing.
frumper15 wrote:Hmm....if you needed 12 screens I think you're either going to need a mobo with 2x 16x pcie slots and then use 2 of the eyefinity cards, but interestingly, I think you could get 10 if you were to use that firepro card with the 1x to 16x pcie adapter you linked. If i understand it correctly, pcie can use anywhere between 1 and 16 lanes from the same slot - in other words, you can use a 16x card in a 1x slot, with an obvious drop in performance. however, if you're just displaying charts, etc. I don't think it would be an issue. So, in theory, you could get the eyefinity card with 6x displayport outputs that would give you 6 "high performance" displays and then get the firepro card with another 4x outputs. If you wanted, you could probably add another card down the road for a total of 14 displays. Actually, if you didn't go with the doublewide 6870, you could pack 4 of the firepro cards in there for a total of 16 display outputs.
As far as 2gb of video memory vs. 512mb, for your application, I don't think you would notice one bit of difference. Assuming that adapter works well enough to get from the 1x slots to the 16x slots, I think you might be better off with 2 of the firepro cards to start with. I'm assuming you would value stability of the potential to game with this rig - and I think the firepro would get you that over the Radeon
Have fun with whatever you decide
georgetok wrote:Here is what I am thinking & please do correct me if I am wrong.
Start with 2 Fire Pros. One in in PCIe 16 slot after removing the current GeForce 530 card.
Second Firepro in PCIe 1 slot with 16 to 1 adapter. This way I can have a setup with 8 monitors.
If that works then I can expand to 12 or 16 monitors in which case I will have to throw away both sound card & TV tuner card & I don't mind doing that as long as I can switch on onboard sound card.
So 3 questions :
(1) Would it be possible to turn the onboard sound card ?
(2) With this setup, would I still be able to watch movie videos etc ?
(3) What if 16 to 1 converter doesn't work ?
Thank You
Pax-UX wrote:I'd have thought fitting 8 monitors on the table would have been the real problem! XD
georgetok wrote:One more thing :
On " TigerDirect " and CDW, there are two FirePro 2460s with different price.
Can you guys tell me what the technical difference is ?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3598
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 2&CatId=28
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results. ... nd+it.y=35
Thanks
Scrotos wrote:georgetok wrote:One more thing :
On " TigerDirect " and CDW, there are two FirePro 2460s with different price.
Can you guys tell me what the technical difference is ?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... CatId=3598
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 2&CatId=28
http://www.cdw.com/shop/search/results. ... nd+it.y=35
Thanks
Part Number
(R) Retail: 100-505610 (R)
(M) Multi Pack: 100-505611 (M)
Just different SKUs. I think one is intended to be bought in bulk and volume discounts applied, the other comes in a pretty box.
georgetok wrote:Talked to TigerDirect & sales guy said the cheaper one is on back order & could take 7 to 21 days before it ships.
The expensive one ships directly from manufacturer's warehouse within 24 hrs.
So extra $40.00 bucks because they ran out of stock & can't figure out why they want more when they are not doing any work.
Anyone knows why ?
Also the retail should be more expensive but here the bulk is more expensive. Go figure that.
frumper15 wrote:If i understand it correctly, pcie can use anywhere between 1 and 16 lanes from the same slot - in other words, you can use a 16x card in a 1x slot, with an obvious drop in performance. however, if you're just displaying charts, etc. I don't think it would be an issue.