Recommend a triple monitor video card?

[LuckyTaxi]

Has to be Nvidia since it works well under Linux. My one question though is, if I find a card that has 2 DVIs and an HDMI port, can I just buy a third monitor that can support HDMI? Will Nvidia's control panel see the 3 monitor so I can set the spanning correctly?

 

[Kenmitch]

Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't nvidia only support 2 monitors at this time. If so you'd need to to use 2 cards.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Hmmm ... i didnt know this.

I was hoping to get something like this, with my third monitor being HDMI since my current two are DVI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814139059

 

[MarcVenice]

Hmmm ... i didnt know this.

I was hoping to get something like this, with my third monitor being HDMI since my current two are DVI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814139059

That card only has 1 dvi and 1 hdmi? Also, most nvidia videocards can only put out 2 signals. For 3 you'd have to be looking at some very expensive quadro-cards.

Or you simply have to run 2 cards. But does your motherboard have 2 pci-e slots?

 

[3DVagabond]

I really hate to say it, but you might want an nVidia, but you need an ATI. AFAIK, you need to go 2 cards w/nVidia.

 

[NoQuarter]

Yep, no consumer level nVidia cards can output 3 signals at once. I have heard AMD's Linux drivers are much better now than they use to be even last year, but I don't know anything about that.

 

[sgrinavi]

All it takes is a cheep-o 2nd card. Almost anything will work.

I had one of these running when I was using my GTX 260..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814187108

(Though, I only paid like $20 )

 

[Dribble]

It's probably cheaper to buy a second card, then the fancy and somewhat unreliable active display port adapter you'd need for an ati eye-infinity card.

 

[Skurge]

If you aren't doing anything Graphics intensive in linux, the AMD drivers should be fine. so you can get a 5670, the cheapest eyefinity card I think.

You might still need an active DP to DVI adapter if you don't have a monitor with display port.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Supposedly you can do with a basic Display Port Adapter if you're not doing resolutions higher than 1080p.

 

[PCTC2]

Supposedly you can do with a basic Display Port Adapter if you're not doing resolutions higher than 1080p.

ONLY if the DisplayPort-output is used as your second monitor. You need an active Display-Port to DVI adapter if it is your third monitors, even if it is less than 1920x1200.

 

[NoQuarter]

ONLY if the DisplayPort-output is used as your second monitor. You need an active Display-Port to DVI adapter if it is your third monitors, even if it is less than 1920x1200.

The $20 DP->VGA adapter is an active adapter, and will work for the 3rd monitor even up to 1920x1200 resolutions. They are perhaps slightly more flaky than the $100 active DP->DVI adapter, but with the amount of successes I've seen posted with the VGA adapter I'd even say that is debatable now.