Multi-monitor

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by arjay27, Oct 14, 2006.

  1. arjay27

    arjay27

    Hi guys,

    Can somebody help me.. i have only one PCIe slot and I need to run 3 monitors on it. Is there any way? aside from buying matrox graphic cards? I also have 2 pci slots available..

    thanks guys...
     
  2. whatisis

    whatisis

    I'm assuming that you have an available PCI slot in addition to the PCIe. Just place a dual-head card in the PCIe and then another video card in the PCI slot.

    Matrox sells a 4 in 1 PCI video card, but the above solution would better if you need higher end graphics for other than trading (games, video, etc).

    Next year, a new display connector standard will come out called Displayport.
    This will allow up to 4 outputs on one card. Of course, you'll have to have monitors (none available yet) which support this standard.
     
  3. Simplest solution is likely to be to get a pci compatible card of the same family as your pcie video card. Two outputs is common and cheap which should bring you up to four.
     
  4. arjay27

    arjay27

    Thanks guys for the help.. will then try to add a normal PCI card first to see if its working..