GPU to run 6 monitors

[wevie13]

I'm looking to purchase a new GPU within the next month or two that can support 6 monitors.

Here's the monitors I have in mind but always open to other suggestions in that price range:

Budget for the new card is around $300 with a little wiggle room.

My current card is the XFX Double D Radeon HD 7850 bought a few years ago when I build the PC. I'd be open to adding another one of these if It would do the trick and I could still get one.I currently have four monitors hooked up to it. These are a mix match of different sizes and brands. Looking to upgrade all of them to the ones I mentioned above .

I use the PC for some gaming but nothing crazy high end. I also do a little photo editing, web site building, and code writing.

My CPU is the Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core and my PSU is the Rosewill CAPSTONE 650M 650W.

Thanks to anyone taking a look. Looking forward to a discussion on this.

 

[mrmez]

I don't think any 1 card can run 6 monitors. Best find 2, something like a 1050ti or RX 560.

 

[InvalidError]

You can have up to six displays on a single GPU but you need displayport monitors that support the multiple display protocol which enables you to daisy-chain up to three monitors (depending on resolution and refresh rate) on a single DP.

Otherwise, you'll have to use two separate GPUs.

 

[wevie13]

You can have up to six displays on a single GPU but you need displayport monitors that support the multiple display protocol which enables you to daisy-chain up to three monitors (depending on resolution and refresh rate) on a single DP.

Otherwise, you'll have to use two separate GPUs.

I was sort of afraid of this. I was hoping to avoid display port monitors as they seem more pricey.

 

[InvalidError]

I was sort of afraid of this. I was hoping to avoid display port monitors as they seem more pricey.

Monitors that support MDP are more expensive due to the extra electronics and somewhat of a niche status.

In principle, regular DP should be cheaper since it has fewer royalties attached than HDMI.

 

[_MasterG_]

mmm 1060 or if you buget is so low, a 1050 ti and another cheap gpu and stay with integrated enabled to add another monitor

 

[wevie13]

So I'm thinking two EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and 6 Dell 27" P2717H monitors.

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-03G-P4-6367-KR/dp/B01KU2CIKM/ref=cm_wl_huc_item
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FGCJE3A/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3CJK8FPQ4K8WK&colid=ANWEE24WTICX


Thoughts?

 

[mrmez]

That works.

Why 6 monitors btw?
1080 for a 27" is going to be horrendous for any text/office work, and a 1060 will just scrape by gaming on low with 3x1080 screens.

 

[_MasterG_]

Just a bit of gaming ok a gtx 1060 will be enought for playing games on two monitors.
So for another, dual 1030 will help, so thats all 6 monitors, :3

 

[wevie13]

That works.

Why 6 monitors btw?
1080 for a 27" is going to be horrendous for any text/office work, and a 1060 will just scrape by gaming on low with 3x1080 screens.

Why 6? Just seems like a good number to have. I just want a lot of real estate

I'll be doing a little gaming but nothing intense. I'm more of a console guy. I'll be web designing, writing code, some graphic design for the websites, watching video (Netflix, etc.), and just other fooling around on the net.

What I want to do is do a 2X2 stack with a vertical one on each side.

Is there another card you'd suggest that has enough display ports that I don't have to use adapters that won't break the bank?

What if I step it up to the 6GB version: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LSLRTFI/ref=twister_B01JA2DCKS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&coliid=I3S39N0HI6HG35&colid=ANWEE24WTICX

 

[wevie13]

What about this ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1060 AMP!, ZT-P10600B-10M, 6GB

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500403

It's only $284 right now at NewEgg. Two of those would only cost me about $70 more

 

[king3pj]

What ports does your motherboard have? In my office we all run dual monitors off the integrated graphics in our i5-4460 CPUs. Depending on what outputs your motherboard has you might be able to run 2 monitors off the integrated graphics. Then you could continue running 4 monitors off the 7850 or whichever new GPU you want to buy and you would be all set.

 

[mrmez]

Have you ever used a 1920x1080 27" monitor?
In 2014 I upgraded from 2560x1440 27" to a 5k 27". There was a significant difference from that and I couldn't go back, looking at a 1920x1080 27" makes my brain hurt now.
Guess I'm trying to ask, have you considered getting 2-3 good monitors instead of 6 shtty ones?

 

[KahouAoki]

The Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity edition has 6 mini-DP ports. http://www.amd.com/en-gb/products/graphics/desktop/5000/5870-eyefinity-6#
They cost around ~150$.

 

[wevie13]

Have you ever used a 1920x1080 27" monitor?
In 2014 I upgraded from 2560x1440 27" to a 5k 27". There was a significant difference from that and I couldn't go back, looking at a 1920x1080 27" makes my brain hurt now.
Guess I'm trying to ask, have you considered getting 2-3 good monitors instead of 6 shtty ones?

I'd prefer the real estate. Do you really think they are that bad?

 

[king3pj]

Have you ever used a 1920x1080 27" monitor?
In 2014 I upgraded from 2560x1440 27" to a 5k 27". There was a significant difference from that and I couldn't go back, looking at a 1920x1080 27" makes my brain hurt now.
Guess I'm trying to ask, have you considered getting 2-3 good monitors instead of 6 shtty ones?

I'd prefer the real estate. Do you really think they are that bad?

The problem is that when you stay at 1080p you don't actually get any more real estate no matter how large the screen is. It's always 1920x1080 pixels. On a bigger screen with the same resolution you just get the same images you would get from a smaller screen blown up to a larger size. This can be a good thing if you have poor eyesight or sit too far from the screen.

If you go with a 1440p or 4K monitor in that same 27" size you are increasing the amount of pixels. This lets you put more windows on each screen. A 4K monitor has 3840x2160 pixels. This is exactly 4 times as many as a 1080p monitor. One 4K monitor would give you as much window room to work around in as 4 1080p monitors and it would be a hell of a lot easier to hook up. At that point you just want the 4K monitor to be large enough so that you aren't increasing the size of your windows to take up more pixels than they would on a 1080p monitor.

The point is that two large 4K monitors will give you more usable working space and total resolution than 6 27" 1080p monitors.

 

[wevie13]

What ports does your motherboard have? In my office we all run dual monitors off the integrated graphics in our i5-4460 CPUs. Depending on what outputs your motherboard has you might be able to run 2 monitors off the integrated graphics. Then you could continue running 4 monitors off the 7850 or whichever new GPU you want to buy and you would be all set.

It has a display port, HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I haven't tried hooking anything else up to it. You think it would work?

I think I'd still like to upgrade the GPU but if that would work, I could go with it for a while.

 

[James Mason]

The GPUs don't necesarily need to be the exact same model.
So you can get 1 1060, and then a 1030 or something for the non-gaming/3d displays.
The HD 7750 has 6 mini-display ports on it (just use mini-dp to dp cables, not rare, very common), but it'd be kinda bad for running any games.
https://www.rakuten.com/prod/visiontek-900614-radeon-hd-7750-2gb-gddr5-pcie-6x-mini-dp-video-card/248807173.html

 

[mrmez]

Think OP is talking about physical real estate, which 6x 27" monitors would DEFINITELY accomplish.

Why don't you find a friend/shop with a 1080 27" monitor that you can actually use. Sit down and have a good look, see what you think.

 

[king3pj]

What ports does your motherboard have? In my office we all run dual monitors off the integrated graphics in our i5-4460 CPUs. Depending on what outputs your motherboard has you might be able to run 2 monitors off the integrated graphics. Then you could continue running 4 monitors off the 7850 or whichever new GPU you want to buy and you would be all set.

It has a display port, HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I haven't tried hooking anything else up to it. You think it would work?

I think I'd still like to upgrade the GPU but if that would work, I could go with it for a while.

You should be able to use at least 2 of those motherboard ports alongside 4 ports on a GPU. I don't know the max on Intel integrated graphics but like i said, we run dual 1080p monitors off each of our i5s computers at work. As long as you haven't disabled integrated graphics in your bios it shouldn't be a problem.