How many video outputs?

[mabderezai]

Thanks for the quick response. I am thinking about using the 3 screens for the outside view and to get an additional 3 screens for the instruments via USB. However, I am concerned about CPU processing power. Having 3 screens will tax the system as is, the 3 USBs might just kill it... is that true?
Would you happen to have any tips for USB based SVGA/HDMI plugs and the over all impact of this many monitors on the system.

Thanks again,

[eyeinthesky]

sure you can now i will tell you my experience in this issue. i am using win7 64bit with 12gb ram, currently using one 285gtx with 2 dvi's i am working with one 42" hdtv, one 20", 1 17 ", and 1 19" monitors using the triplehead2go switch digital. and getting res as hi as the hdtv can give.

I am waiting for another 2 cards 285gtx to get 6 dvi outputs so i can use 4 hdtv's each gets its own dvi for the outside views, and the other 2 dvi's i will use 2 triplehead2go and get 6 monitors for the cockpit.

so totaling 10 monitors on a single PC. by the way my CPU is I7 intel and the motherboard is the DRMOS eclipce.

I will let you know next week when i get the cards how thing look like...


cheers

Salah

[mabderezai]

Any update?

[eyeinthesky]

Hi,
even if you have 3 outputs on one card (vga graphic cards that is) only two will work at any time, however, there are cards with 4 ot 6 or 8 outputs that can be used, but not for the outside cockpit scenes, I prefer to use it for the in cockpit gauges because it has less graphics, the out side views is heavy and loaded with graphics and normally not supported by the multi output cards for gaming like this one:
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/pr.../m9188pciex16/

I am installing now 3 geo 285gtx cards 4 direct outputs go to the full HDTV tvs and the other 2 outputs i am using for 6 monitors by spliting the two outputs using Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

all working fine, i have an SLi motherboard with 64bit win7 running on 12gb rdd3 ram

all looking good this way is better then adding more computers, I am thinking of using multi IP on the same PC to run the http://www.wideview.it/wideview.htm for the outside screens. yet to be tested

cheers