Card to support 4 monitors

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Agassi, Dec 23, 2013.

  1. Yes, could work too.

    Any card with a fan has potential noise concerns. Often cards without fans run hotter than those with fans... not too hot to cause overheating problems, of course, but still hotter.

    Just like in life, there is no choice where "you can have it all" and at a low price.
     
    #101     Dec 28, 2013
  2. Agassi

    Agassi

    So what could happen if I were to run say 8 monitors with a GPU without a fan for 10 hours a day doing daytrading? AM I running the risk of burning my mother board or some thing of that sort?

    If this is the case, then I am better off with that ASUS card. Will post the link again.
     
    #102     Dec 28, 2013
  3. Agassi

    Agassi

  4. Probably not. You always want to have "adequate cooling" airflow through your case. Fanless workstation video cards draw MUCH less power than consumer/gamer cards. The power draw on the NVS 300 is only 17.5W, maximum.
     
    #104     Dec 28, 2013
  5. #105     Dec 28, 2013
  6. Agassi

    Agassi

    #106     Dec 28, 2013
  7. 2, HDMI, 1 DVI, + 1 HDMI-DVI cable. Should work.

    As with any "inexpensive consumer" peripheral, however, longevity is always a question.

    Nvidia NVS is designed for workstation applications.... to "run all day long, year after year" is a given. Not that one can't fail, of course, but the huge majority of them run a lonnnng time without issue.

    Wouldn't cost you much to try this. NVS will still be around if this Sapphire doesn't work out.
     
    #107     Dec 28, 2013
  8. Agassi

    Agassi

    #108     Dec 28, 2013
  9. Agassi

    Agassi

    OK. I like NVS. But I am trying to keep my brand new monitors. I thought I had some connectivity issues due to my monitors having only HDMI.
     
    #109     Dec 28, 2013
  10. Sapphire spec page didn't say, but I found this quote in a 2010 review... "... The three outputs allow you to drive a triple-monitor setup, which ATI calls Eyefinity, making this the cheapest card capable of this feat...."
     
    #110     Dec 28, 2013