graphics card to take 3 monitors

[Paullas]

ok i have 2 montors at the moment on a radeon 2600xt (2 dvi out)

can anyone recommend a good (cheap ish) graphics card that will allow me to use 3 dell monitors or an easy solution lol

 

[murph]

I use a USB to DVI converter, cost £40 I think from amazon

 

[dotNetFreak]

I'm currently using a NVidia Quadro NVS 420 to run 3 Dell monitors via DVI. Could add a fourth as well if I had any room left on my desk

 

[Paullas]

I'm currently using a NVidia Quadro NVS 420 to run 3 Dell monitors via DVI. Could add a fourth as well if I had any room left on my desk

hahah at £399 i think i could just buy a laptop ahhaha

 

[dotNetFreak]

hahah at £399 i think i could just buy a laptop ahhaha

I paid from memory < £100 on eBay and it was brand new and still sealed

 

[Paullas]

I paid from memory < £100 on eBay and it was brand new and still sealed

want to do a domain swap for it

 

[PoshTiger]

I use a USB to DVI converter, cost £40 I think from amazon

Seriously - don't use one of these, they are junk...

The bandwidth for USB isn't nearly high enough for even SVGA resolution - they lag big time, copy a file to a usb drive and it gets even worse.

Just get 2x graphics cards - you can get PCI x8 cards now, we have 8 machines at work with 2 cards in them - all work fine.

How old is your computer - what type of slots are available?

 

[Paullas]

Seriously - don't use one of these, they are junk...

The bandwidth for USB isn't nearly high enough for even SVGA resolution - they lag big time, copy a file to a usb drive and it gets even worse.

Just get 2x graphics cards - you can get PCI x8 cards now, we have 8 machines at work with 2 cards in them - all work fine.

How old is your computer - what type of slots are available?

hi

its only a dell inspiron 530 and only has 1 pcie slot

 

[PoshTiger]

I bet it's only got one PCI x16 slot - most boards also have some PCI x8 slots too...

Do you have any really small slots that are about an inch and a half big?

 

[Paullas]

this is tbe board http://www.mcccomputers.com/shop/32...ostro-200-200s-motherboard-dg33m03-fm586-.jpg

 

[PoshTiger]

Plug one of these into that second slot...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PNY-NVIDI...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item5892849a08

You'll need to only use a single width card in the x16 slot though...

 

[PoshTiger]

Actually - make sure the OS is supported first...

ebay this term...

'x1 graphics card'

 

[Paullas]

Plug one of these into that second slot...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PNY-NVIDI...raphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item5892849a08

You'll need to only use a single width card in the x16 slot though...

so can i use this with my excising gcard or will i have to take that out. at the moment i have one of these in it ATI radeon HD 2600 XT ( http://computershopper.com/shoptalk...-launches-radeon-hd-2400-xt-radeon-hd-2600-xt )

 

[PoshTiger]

Use them both, windows can take up to 8 gfx cards...

That card looks single width so you should be fine..

Do make sure your card supports your os though...

 

[Paullas]

Use them both, windows can take up to 8 gfx cards...

That card looks single width so you should be fine..

Do make sure your card supports your os though...

cheers, i cannot see anywhere that is is windows 7 compatible which is a shame.

 

[murph]

Hmm, well personally didn't think I had many options, already running 1 external from dvi out from my laptop. Does the job for me. Gives me 3 screens including laptop. It was one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002YB4DVU/?tag=acorn06-21

Seriously - don't use one of these, they are junk...

The bandwidth for USB isn't nearly high enough for even SVGA resolution - they lag big time, copy a file to a usb drive and it gets even worse.

Just get 2x graphics cards - you can get PCI x8 cards now, we have 8 machines at work with 2 cards in them - all work fine.

How old is your computer - what type of slots are available?

 

[PoshTiger]

This would do the trick...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CGNX-212Y...ltDomain_3&hash=item4162ed2048#ht_1638wt_1005