Two graphics cards to run 4 monitors?

[newbienewb]

Im looking to run 4 monitors can I do this by running two :
N610GT-MD1GD3/LP graphics cards?
Or is there a better way of doing this like running the 4 monitors on one graphics card?

The mobo is the Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150
with three pcie 16slots

 

[aquaprofile]

Im looking to run 4 monitors can I do this by running two :
N610GT-MD1GD3/LP graphics cards?
Or is there a better way of doing this like running the 4 monitors on one graphics card?

The mobo is the Asus Z87 PRO LGA 1150
with three pcie 16slots

Youre going to need a lot stronger cards than that to run FOUR monitors.

Perhaps something in the 200+ range (two cards in that range.)

then you need a display port hub or a chain, at least thats what id recommend unless the card has 4 different outputs.

 

[rhysiam]

Youre going to need a lot stronger cards than that to run FOUR monitors.

Perhaps something in the 200+ range (two cards in that range.)

then you need a display port hub or a chain, at least thats what id recommend unless the card has 4 different outputs.

Actually, you don't need a strong card at all, as long as you're not intending to play games across 4 monitors.

OP, can I assume you just want 4 desktop displays? This isn't for gaming is it? If so...

You can run two displays off the GT 610 just fine. You can *hopefully* also enable the onboard video in your BIOS. As long as the BIOS allows you to have the PCIe card AND onboard video working at the same time (many BIOSes allow this), then you can just run the other two monitors off the onboard card. I've done this before on a old, cheap Dell machine that had an AMD card. It ran 4 1200p screens for the desktop just fine.

 

[skit75]

Those will work just fine. Each is capable of dual monitor support. He does not need a gaming GPU to run two or four monitors. He might not even be gaming. I run dual monitors on much less cards all the time.

 

[newbienewb]

Yes only 2d data thanks for the help

 

[rhysiam]

I should have added, as Skit75 rightly did, that if you can't enable onboard graphics and the GT 610 at the same time, then two GT 610s will get the job done just fine as well. Windows 7 & 8 play very happily with multiple graphics cards and the "Screen Resolution" setup will simply detect all the monitors and allow you to arrange them however you like regardless of where they're plugged in.

2x GT610s is also probably close to the cheapest way of doing it (assuming you can't enable your onboard graphics).

On Nvidia cards, you don't get four displays from a single card until you get to a GTX 750ti, much more expensive than 2 GT 610s. I'm not sure where they start on AMD cards, but they have the additional complication of requiring native display port or active adapters for 3rd and/or 4th displays (depending on the GPU generation). I think you'll easily spend more than 2xGT610s before you find a single card setup that meets your needs.

So, if you can: 1x GT 610 and enable onboard graphics in the BIOS. Failing that, 2x GT 610s.