Monitorwall pc

[pchdk]

Hi I'm tasked with creating a monitor wall with 16+ monitors. So would this setup work? Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 (1 X8-modus) 1 PCI Express x4 1 PCI Express x1 2 PCI 2xPowerColor HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition 2xATI FireMV 2400 PCI Express 2xATI FireMV 2400 PCI I'm probably going to go with 2 PowerColor HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition and one of the FireMV to start off with and then expand with more FireMV if needed. Suggestions to hardware is also welcome

 

[mfenn]

Why not just use a motherboard with a bunch of PCIe x16 slots (like the ASUS P6T6) and as many of these FirePro 2450's as you need (up to 6)? That way, you don't have to worry about heterogeneous GPUs, dual-slot cards, or DisplayPort-to-X adapters.

 

[pchdk]

That would be better - thanks

 

[pchdk]

How large a PSU would it require with 1xPowerColor HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition and 3xATI FirePro 2450?

 

[somethingsketchy]

Depending on what else is in the build, CPU/hdd/RAM/etc. you might need something in the neighborhood of 600-700W PSU.

Mostly to handle the four GPUs that you would like to run in the system.

 

[mfenn]

How large a PSU would it require with 1xPowerColor HD5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition and 3xATI FirePro 2450?

Not sure why you're so insistent upon going with a 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition. Do you need lots of 3d graphics performance? If so, you should update your OP. If not, you are still better off going with the Firepro 2450's because they give you 4 displays per slot whereas the 5870 Eyefinity 6 only gives you 3 displays per slot (it is a dual slot card).

 

[pchdk]

Not sure why you're so insistent upon going with a 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition. Do you need lots of 3d graphics performance? If so, you should update your OP. If not, you are still better off going with the Firepro 2450's because they give you 4 displays per slot whereas the 5870 Eyefinity 6 only gives you 3 displays per slot (it is a dual slot card).

I would like have the option to play some games or show some 3d graphics on the wall.

I've gone with a 650W PSU -thanks for the help

 

[Insomniator]

I would like have the option to play some games or show some 3d graphics on the wall.

I've gone with a 650W PSU -thanks for the help

Even if you could do that, wouldn't that only work for the 6 displays connected to the 5870? Windows can barely manage 2 displays correctly.... I hate to see it try to game correctly on 1 of 4 cards and 6 of 16 monitors :O

I am curious though!

 

[pchdk]

Even if you could do that, wouldn't that only work for the 6 displays connected to the 5870? Windows can barely manage 2 displays correctly.... I hate to see it try to game correctly on 1 of 4 cards and 6 of 16 monitors :O

I am curious though!

I'll have to see how it works

 

[pchdk]

I skipped the HD5870 since they only support 2 DVI and the rest has to be display port. So I vent with 6 FirePro 2450 and a 1000W PSU but it won’t boot with more than 4 cards - any ideas?

 

[mfenn]

Hmm, interesting. Did you go with the P6T6 WS? That has an NF200 chip, so it should have sufficient PCIe lanes unless ASUS did something boneheaded in the BIOS. If you're still within the return period, you might want to take a look at the recently released MSI Xpower X58 that claims support for up to 7 cards.

 

[0roo0roo]

whats it actually going to display? would sound more like the software to utilize that amount of desktop space would be more important than the hardware almost.

 

[pchdk]

Hmm, interesting. Did you go with the P6T6 WS? That has an NF200 chip, so it should have sufficient PCIe lanes unless ASUS did something boneheaded in the BIOS. If you're still within the return period, you might want to take a look at the recently released MSI Xpower X58 that claims support for up to 7 cards.

Yes the P6T6 and no I cant return it. I first tried with a 650W PSU and had the same problem so I thought it was a power problem.

With 5 cards i get the post screen - with 6 nothing.

 

[pchdk]

whats it actually going to display? would sound more like the software to utilize that amount of desktop space would be more important than the hardware almost.

Just webpages but if the hardware doesn't work the software isn't really to any use.

 

[lsv]

I'd have gone with 1 powerful PC and 3 semi powerful PCs getting the input from the single powerful one with;

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