Yes, you can put 2 of these for a 24 monitor setup with just 2 cards http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1652779/powercolor-hd5970-display-outputs
Those 2 cards look bigger than your desktop chassis. Are they in production now? What kind of bus type connection?
That is the 6 port (DisplayPort) version. So, 4 of those will get you 24, DP monitors, yes. Good luck for 4 of those
Any eyefinity card has 3 outputs. So if you use 4 cheap passively cooled <50USD ones, you also get 12 outputs. You'll save 1799USD and about 50 decibels of noise...
Assuming your box has 4 compatible slots. How about 4x12? I heard a rumor there is a limit on quantity of screens in a Windows box. Can anyone confirm or deny that?