running 4 screens

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Hi

i bought a RX460 4gb which is a great little card, however i find myself needing to be able to power 4 screens as part of a work station.

I dont need anything in pureview etc i just need to have 4 screens with extended desktops on them.

I notice a display port which can be split into 2 screens, currently i am running 2 screens on a DVI and HDMI cable.

I know on older GPU you cant plug a DVI VGA and HDMI in and they work hence the upgrade.

I am happy to get a RX480 if need be but i was wondering if anyone can answer if the rx460 can run 4 screens for work station use not games if i get a display port adapter to run 2 extra vga screens on ( the monitors are VGA )

many thanks

 

[abaday789]

what cpu are you running? As you may be able to run a 4th monitor off of the internal graphics

 

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i got a athlonx4 860k and a FX8350 the FM2 board doesnt have a built in gpu and the AM3 board has a HD3000 series built in which windows 10 doesnt support

I have tried those USB3 display adaptors and while ok for 1 extra screen they dont work well for 4. the drivers on them conflict with each others drivers etc.

 

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out of interest i just bought a Displayport to VGA adapter so if i can use the hdmi/DVI/Displayport to run 3 screens then the usb 3 vga adapter if its possible i will report back

 

[maxalge]

Hi

i bought a RX460 4gb which is a great little card, however i find myself needing to be able to power 4 screens as part of a work station.

I dont need anything in pureview etc i just need to have 4 screens with extended desktops on them.

I notice a display port which can be split into 2 screens, currently i am running 2 screens on a DVI and HDMI cable.

I know on older GPU you cant plug a DVI VGA and HDMI in and they work hence the upgrade.

I am happy to get a RX480 if need be but i was wondering if anyone can answer if the rx460 can run 4 screens for work station use not games if i get a display port adapter to run 2 extra vga screens on ( the monitors are VGA )

many thanks

???


you answered your own question


displayport > 2 screens by itself


DVI > 1 screen

HDMI > 1 screen


= 4 screens

 

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i wasn't sure if it would work as its expensive one of those displayport hubs its not like its a £5 risk out of my pension which is why i asked the question. i had already purchased 2 usb3 graphics things and can only use 1 as the drivers conflict even with other brands versions.

 

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ok just so others know yes you can use 3 monitors with the Dvi HDMI and DP ports. given the cost of a splitter hub i have the 4th running through 1 usb display so all good.