Six monitors on one computer

[Guest]

I need to attach six monitors (or tv-screens actually) to one computer. The computer will run 6 small programs giving information about what is happening in 6 different auditoriums the present day.

Can I install 3 ATI Radeon VE or Matrog G450 cards in one computer? Do they produce PCI versions of theese cards?

How can I do this, please help me. I'm running Windows 2000.

 

[Guest]

I know you can have 2 PCI graphic cards in your system, but I don't know if it is possible to have more, but it should be possible I think.
The real problem will be finding PCI graphic cards, nobody makes those things anymore.
Maybe try using the terminal server in Win2000?

 

[igottaknife]

there is hardware specially made to do stuff like that but I think it is rather expensive. The video cards should work without many problems. Win2k should recognize them as separate cards (make sure primary VGA is set to PCI in BIOS). I don't think though that those cards you mentioned have dual Television outputs. You'll probably want to look into some professional equipment. I know Appian graphics makes a quad display card but costs about $750-$800 it does have 3d hardware support as well.

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[xxsk8er101xx]

think PCI bandwidth ... if u have intel 266mhz max, amd 133mhz max. each pci card will take 33mhz bandwidth. your soundcard takes a good chunk of that too. .. say if you have 3 pci videocards cards your taking 99mhz of pci bandwidth .. your hardrives will take a good chunck of that too along with your NIC card if you have one. the agp bus has it's own bandwidth so that doesn't count.

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[Guest]

It don't seem like ATI or Matrox makes PCI Graphics Cards any more. I guess I have to look for other solutions.

 

[arsend]

They do, ATI makes the Radeon PCI, I know that one for sure. However, in order to do what you want to do, you will have to buy that expensive Hardware, as the cards mentioned do not offer TV out for that many TV's, plus have them put out different programes in each one.

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