One monitor per GPU?

[Syndicution]

I saw a guy on youtube who ran a triple 4k setup with 4 980s, he said that he had 1 monitor per gpu (idk what the 4th card was for) but is this possible with AMD cards or is it only GTX 9xx series?

Thanks anyways.

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

It should be possible with any cards that run in either crossfire or SLI

 

[photonboy]

You don't need one monitor per GPU. Also he wouldn't get a single virtual display that way only separate screens. For triple-monitor gaming for example you'd have all three on the same card and if you added another card for SLI you wouldn't attach any monitors to it.

4xSLI also causes a world of problems so I'm not quite sure what he's doing there.

*The GTX970 and modern AMD cards often support THREE monitors on a single card in individual or surround (virtual). You must have monitors that support the proper inputs such as DisplayPort, DVI depending on the card used.

For example, some support 3xDP (one per monitor) with HDMI or DVI capable of driving an individual fourth monitor (for triple-monitor gaming plus another screen.)

**NVidia has a section for SLI that explains this in more detail based on the cards chosen.

 

[photonboy]

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/sli/faq

*Note the configurations in this link:
http://www.nvidia.in/object/sli-technology-multimonitor-in.html

There's also a link that you can specify the cards chosen in SLI or not and it tells the number and configuration of monitors supported. I forget where it is but it's at NVidia's site.

AMD has a similar site but if buying new video cards now I'd get the GTX970 or GTX980 (for high-end gaming 2xGTX970 is sweet)