Need a GPU to support 5 screens?

[bleddyuffles]

Hey guys, I currently have 4 monitors in my setup, all running off a GTx 650 Ti 2gb. I have 2 dvi, 1hdmi and 1 vga. I need something that will support 5 screens at least. Some of the screens have different connection types, so I will list them.

Screen 1 has:
VGA
Screen 2 has:
VGA
HDMI
Screen 3 has:
DVI
VGA
Screen 4 has:
DVI
VGA
HDMI
Screen 5 has:
VGA
HDMI

Would it be possible to support all these via 1 GPU? or would I be better off keeping my 650 and getting a second one? I don't know anything about how to use 2 gpus, what would that require? Does my motherboard even support that? I have a GIGABYTE 78LMT-USB3.

Apologies if my English isn't great.
Thanks in advance.

 

[senseijtitus]

For a 5 screen setup, you will need to use SLI with another GTX 650 or 650Ti.

 

[senseijtitus]

Actually It would be better if you buy a new Graphic card.

You see, a high end Graphic card from Nvidia will allow you to use three monitors consecutively , whereas a similar high end graphic card from AMD will allow you to use six monitors at the same time . AMD seems like a great deal here but actually Both Nvidia and AMD had to compromise on something . AMD compromised 3D gaming for six monitor support whereas Nvidia had to stick to triple monitor support to make its Graphics cards 3D gaming capable .

 

[senseijtitus]

There is also something called Multi-Stream Transport when you use AMD Cards. I am not sure if it works with NVidia cards. You can read about that in this link.

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/DrivingMultipleDisplaysFromaSingleDisplayPort.aspx

 

[bleddyuffles]

my PC is primarily for gaming, what do you mean about 3d gaming? Does this mean it cannot run 3d games?

 

[senseijtitus]

It just mentioned about 3 Dimentional view using 3d goggles. Not 3D games. Its just the display property.

 

[geofelt]

To attach 5 monitors, you need to use a second graphics adapter.
There is nothing special to do that.
I think your motherboard has a integrated adapter that you could use to attach a couple more monitors.

Or, you could buy a second graphics card that uses a X1 pcie slot or one that is pci based.
Perhaps $40 for one.

Regardless, gaming on the single primary monitor is about the best you can do.
And, with a GTX650ti you FPS can only be modest.

 

[senseijtitus]

I agree with geofelt. But once you install a Graphic card, the display adapter in the Motherboard is pretty much disabled by bios to enable the display output from the GC. But you could use a display adapter that has two output ports and one input. Like a slitter.

 

[senseijtitus]

Like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters%C2%AE-Monitor-Splitter-Foot/dp/B005H3I38G

 

[sora]

A splitter should work OP. Go with the one that senseijtitus suggested.

 

[geofelt]

Some motherboards detect a discrete graphics card and make that the primary boot/bios adapter.
They do not necessarily disable the integrated adapter.
It should be a simple test to attach a monitor to the integrated motherboard adapter and see if it works.

A splitter will display the same image on both attached monitors.
Probably not what the OP had in mind.

 

[senseijtitus]

I would also sugest using this:
http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Splitter-Digital-P564-001/dp/B000VLZ986

 

[senseijtitus]

VGA may not work for duel monitor.It may just duplicate the primary display. But on some video cards it is possible to use a DVI-I port to drive one analog display and one digital display by getting an adapter that separates the DVI-A and DVI-D connections. This is not part of the DVI specification, but it does work in some cases

 

[bleddyuffles]

I have a VGA splitter already, wouldn't that just duplicate the same image though?

 

[senseijtitus]

That's correct. That was what I mentioned in the earlier reply. But DVI-I splitter may be able to deliver the desired results.

Like this one.

http://www.amazon.com/Tripp-Lite-Splitter-Digital-P564-001/dp/B000VLZ986