6 port video card???

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Hi All,

I want to run resolume and up to 6 screens at once.

I see that most folks are using the HD 5870.
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/ ... iew.aspx#1

does anyone here have experience with anything else?


Thanks

dw

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It's not rocket science, open your PC swap out card out, install drivers, plug in monitors.

Looks like you found one that has 6 hdmi ports which makes it nice and easy.

The real question is, why do you need/wasn't 6 screens? You a bond trader?

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if you're on a recent intel box with hd3000/hd4000 other option is a 'simple' 4 head card (nvidia quadro or any of the current gen ATI cards with 4 outputs) , plus two monitors off the onboard video. Works well

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OzWozEre wrote:It's not rocket science, open your PC swap out card out, install drivers, plug in monitors.
thanks Captain Obvious.

didnt exactly answer my question, nevertheless, I would be lost without this tidbit of info.

dw

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jdnz wrote:if you're on a recent intel box with hd3000/hd4000 other option is a 'simple' 4 head card (nvidia quadro or any of the current gen ATI cards with 4 outputs) , plus two monitors off the onboard video. Works well
I'm thinking that resolume can only access one card. I'll have to dig and get some more info.

Thanks for the help. I should look into a 4 monitor option.

I want to use these as media for shows...

dw

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One thing I don't understand...

Should this card be able to Support 4 different monitors, each with their own image at the same time?

It has 4 outputs, biput I don't know if they all work independent of each other

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX6 ... /#overview

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Later gen ati 6 head optios

http://www.powercolor.com/us/products_f ... asp?id=415

http://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Product ... 20-5782961

( i like the 7750 myself - lower psu load as well as lower price )

Hd5870 is really getting kind of old now

There is the matrox 8 head as well - given it's a matrox expect the price to be insane

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dusted william wrote:One thing I don't understand...

Should this card be able to Support 4 different monitors, each with their own image at the same time?

It has 4 outputs, biput I don't know if they all work independent of each other

http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX6 ... /#overview
Eyefinity gives you the option to treat all the displays as one massive screen ( handy for things that only support singlehead ) but if you turn it off each screen is handled independantly ( like normal multi monitor desktop on windows )

Bigger question is how resolume handles multihead - you may have to run eyefinity mode if it's not mh savy

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Id hate to try that on low latency as well. The card will hog the bus and cause pops n clicks.

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So did you get you 6 screen setup sorted?

Post some pics so I can see what your using 6 screens for!

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EDIT
ah, never mind, should have looked at time stamps, I see this was posted a month ago and someone just committed necromancy on a dead thread.

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Must have been a belief in re-incarnation. :shrug:

Happy Musiking!
dsan
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W7, i5, x64, 8Gb Ram, Edirol FA-101

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