How to extend desktop across 4 monitors?

[sekser]

I want to setup a new shuttle, maybe the core 2 (SD37P2) model. main purpose will be to extend my desktop across 4 monitors. It won?t be a gaming machine? can you recommend how to set this up? what kind of video cards do i need?

Thanks

 

[essasin]

Two on mone agp/pcie video card and two more on a pci video card. I have heard good things about the mattrox pci cards as an alternative to nvida and ati. There is software that will allow you to "extended" your desktop to 4 screens but I a can't remember what it is called.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: essasin
There is software that will allow you to "extended" your desktop to 4 screens but I a can't remember what it is called.

Ultramon.

As for PCI-e + PCI or AGP + PCI, good luck with that.

Though neither nV or ATi officially supports what you want to do, i was able to run my X1900 XT + 7000 Pro on my A8N32-SLI Deluxe.

On my current P5B Deluxe, it's not possible.

Seems some mobos can...others cannot.

 

[rbV5]

ATI FireMV can handle 4 displays off of a single card. They're for the financial and corporate uses so if its just 2D applications, they may wrk for you. Link

 

[sekser]

wow that ATI card costs $2400 to do quad monitor...

I think i'm going to try just getting 2 - nvidia 7600 cards and plug them in and try it.

the shuttle has 2 - pciexpress x8 slots in it..

 

[HGC]

Until recently I was running three monitors, and it could have been four, with an AGP Radeon 9200 and a PCI Radeon 7500. Worked fine , no problems at all.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: sekser
wow that ATI card costs $2400 to do quad monitor...

I think i'm going to try just getting 2 - nvidia 7600 cards and plug them in and try it.

the shuttle has 2 - pciexpress x8 slots in it..

More like ~$400 Link a bit less for PCI, a bit more for PCIe. Probably not bad for a 4xDVI single card solution. The half height bracket makes it good for SFF. I see bundles of 5 for <$2000, probably a decent deal for a financial house.