Outputing one comp's picture to 3 monitors- the most economical solution?

[MAMAFUFU]

I want to output my comp's picture to 3 monitors(that is, identical picture). The 3 monitors are sitting next to each other. Which way uses least money(cost effective)?

1) 1-to-3 video splitter (how much?)
2) one matrox G400 DH and one PCI display card(can this be done? do I need tweaking in bios/windows?)
3) one matrox G400DH and one 1-to-2 video splitter

My comp uses Asus A7V mobo.

 

[etech]

1) 1-to-3 video splitter (how much?)

I did a quick search on altavista and there are a lot of splitters out there.(searched on "Video splitter" +monitor). The cost will depend on the quality (bandwidth) you need. Also make sure that it will handel the signal(VGA,SVGA etc.) that you need.

MTIVopex
National
Cablesonline
Blackbox
Startech

 

[Enigma]

I've run three vid cards(AGP, PCI, PCI) at one time and it should be the easy and cheap way to go. Win98, WinME, and Win2000 all support up to nine outputs.

 

[beat mania]

3 cheapo pci vidcard

 

[Howard]

More video cards will extend your desktop across the monitors. If you have a splitter they'll all be the same, though.

 

[MAMAFUFU]

Yucky:
Do you mean I can't show 3 identical pictures on the 3 mons if I use 3 display cards?

 

[Czar]

If you want to go the video card way then best get G400 DH and a splitter.

 

[stingygrrl]

I had a Y splitter to show 2 identical screens on 2 monitors. That worked well for us, so 2 of us could comfortably view something w/o invading each other's space!

 

[cavingjan]

That is what Yucky means and they are correct.

 

[wezal]

I use a generic black box powered VGA splitter called VS-98. I bought it at Frys electronics for under $100, but I don't remember how much exactly. I think it works great though for when you need multiple screens with the same image, plus it has 8 outputs. This way you don't need to use up all your PCI slots with video cards. Hope this helps.