Building a rig supporting 8 monitors... need help

[MaltheMM]

I don't know how to do this or what it would require, i been thinking about buying two, two monitor Video-Cards, each with Y-see two Dual Monitor Adapter and a Viewport™ Computer Video Adapter, and then just praying it would work as i have no knowlegde of how its works what-so-ever.


Thanks in advance :thumbsup:
-Malthe

[keyclone]

ummm... carefully?

on, seriously... you'll need enough graphics cards (4) to support the 8 monitors.. and then the power supply to power the boards.

hopefully one of the hardware geeks will chime in (posting this in hardware might be better... but its a toss up)

[MaltheMM]

well this is the 'support forum' so i thought i should post it here. shouldnt the Y-See thing allow another monitor and te same thing about the viewport thingy?



will post in hardware,... or someone can just move it

[Xzin]

8 monitors to do 2d desktop or 3d gaming? The costs and setup change dramatically either way.

[cookcpu]

You can try NVIDIA Quadro NVS 440 not sure if you can play WOW on it though. If it can, then you can buy 2 of this and you have 8 monitors on 1 computer. No harm sending an email to Nvidia support to ask about it.

I have a old matrox MMS200 Quad series video card and it can't play WOW, it is good for 2D.

[MaltheMM]

well as i said i have no idea what i need all i know is that i want to upgrade my setup and i need to know what to put in my new computer.
what i plan to do is 10 box in wow as i actually just won the lottery for about 20.000,00$

[Xzin]

If you are wanting to 10 box, you need, at minimum, 2 computers. Assuming this is disposable income, you only need to spend perhaps 7 - 8k on 10 boxing. Possibly even cheaper if you go the software route. But do your research before you buy anything. The matrox cards or triple heads to go or simply cramming 4 video cards into a nearly any machine would by and large be a disaster.

[Skuggomann]

I just wana say: I think 8 will be overkill to the max, thers never need for so menny (unless your Xzin :P)

[keyclone]

some people will play 5 accounts across 2 monitors... 1 in one screen and 4 in another... and others will play 5 on 1 monitor... getting a single 30" or larger screen might be preferable... or maybe the 30" with a 22" for browsing while playing

[Fearlys]

well as i said i have no idea what i need all i know is that i want to upgrade my setup and i need to know what to put in my new computer.
what i plan to do is 10 box in wow as i actually just won the lottery for about 20.000,00$

20,000 or 20,000,000? If the latter, don't forget to pay of a couple of GMs so the last mob you kill to Ding 70 drops Full Tier 6 + weapon, rings and stuff for every spec of your toon. Maybe a 20,000 or so gold as well. :thumbsup: