3 or 4 monitor hardware recommendations ?

[pailott]

I am thinking about my next machine, probably with F11. I'd like to put together a 3 or 4 monitor
configuration. Can anyone recommend a couple of NVidia (or other) card combos that would do the job.
Of course if there are any motherboard limitations I'd appreciate the know how.
I do not do gaming, so ultra speed is not necessary. I just want a nice big layout (probably start with a 3 monitor config). (I've outgrown a 2 monitor setup). I haven't decided on a motherboard/CPU chip set config yet (though I will probably stick to Intel).

Thanks
Pailott

[cloneu2]

I run a machine with 3 monitors. and f10 64 bit. I use 2 nvidia 9500gt cards set up for sli (if i want it). problem you will find is if you use more than one card you need to know it's pci bus id and enter that into xorg.conf.

2-22" samsungs and 1-19" westing house.


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 1440 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 3120 0
Screen 2 "Screen2" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/fglrx"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"

# Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
Option "MultiGPU" "Auto"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "RandRRotation" "True"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "WDE L1975NW"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Option "SLI" "auto"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
# Option "MultiGPU""on"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "RandRRotation" "True"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"


# Option "SLI" "auto"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
# Option "MultiGPU" "on"
Option "DamageEvents" "True"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
Option "RandRRotation" "True"
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: 1680x1050_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"


Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Device2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection



Enjoy :)