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Neal

Registered: Sep 2011
Posts: 25

09-10-12 01:53 PM

I am thinking about running 8 monitors using two ATI FirePro 2460 Video cards on one of Dell Laptops.

ATI FirePro 2460 has 4 output ports each.

Is it possible to do so & if yes, what specs of a Laptop should I be looking for ?

If anyone has tried it or are running them, can you please show your configuration ?

Thanks

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JuniorCTA

Registered: Jul 2010
Posts: 335

09-10-12 02:23 PM

get a tower, y would you do this to yourself

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college ruled

Registered: Sep 2012
Posts: 770

09-10-12 03:01 PM

I dream of a nice trading desk of 8+ monitors so i don't have to keep flipping back and forth but I'm saving for that. Right now though I too would like to add another monitor or even two to my HP 15in i-3 lap. No idea it what possible.

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Bob111

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 6473

09-10-12 03:14 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16815290006
but i agree with JuniorCTA..make no sense to have 4-8 whatever monitors connected to a laptop..those cards alone will cost you more than cheap box on cheap NVS cards. connecting,disconnecting all those cables,wires to a laptop over and over..

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Scataphagos

Registered: Apr 2009
Posts: 9256

09-10-12 03:17 PM

Quote from Neal:

I am thinking about running 8 monitors using two ATI FirePro 2460 Video cards on one of Dell Laptops.

ATI FirePro 2460 has 4 output ports each.

Is it possible to do so & if yes, what specs of a Laptop should I be looking for ?

If anyone has tried it or are running them, can you please show your configuration ?

Thanks

Haven't heard of any laptops with that kind of video capability.

With that many monitors, the system is certainly not "mobile"... would be a lot easier to use a desktop computer with a proper mobo where running 8 monitors would be a simple task.

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Mr_You

Registered: Dec 2010
Posts: 266

09-10-12 03:37 PM

I agree that 2460 looks like a great card, but...

How do you intend to use a PCI card on a laptop? Does this laptop have a docking station with a builtin PCI expansion slot?

My suggestion these days is to consider a Lenovo T430. And specifically the T430S with the Intel i7 which comes with Thunderbolt (no integrated "advanced graphics" option) . Its not advertised as coming with Thunderbolt but apparently it is included. Thunderbolt will allow you to add a PCI expansion chassis (like MacBook Pros) which you could then attach one or several PCI-based GPUs.

Thunderbolt is pretty leading edge for the PC world, I'm not sure of the status for the latest drivers. But even if you don't go the Thunderbolt route, check Lenovos site for T430 or W530 which will allow you to run up to four displays using a dock.

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