ONE VIDEO CARD WITH 3 OUTPUTS FOR 3 MONITORS

[Phyberlink]

Hi,

I am in the medical field and in the radiology department, I review images
from CT CAT scanning, In the hospital obviously we have an IT Dept and
all the
help we can get.

Here at home, I am on my own, there is no help, I only have one PC
(desktop) with PCIe Win XP Pro
32 bit.

Here is what I wish to accomplish:

I want to purchase a video card
that has THREE VGA or DVI outputs where I can connect three monitors
into one
video card and be able to view a very large document and be able to move the
document
from one monitor into another monitor and even a third monitor.

So basically how can I have one computer with three monitors. Also I
need to be able to reboot my PC and be able to go back to my WIN XP without
having to spend several minutes and reconfigure the three monitors, I want
windows to remember the last conf settings.

Why all the video cards have only 2 outputs and not three? what if
someone wants three! am I missing anything ? Thanks in advance for
all your help.

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Why all the video cards have only 2 outputs and not three? what if
someone wants three! am I missing anything ? Thanks in advance for
all your help.

Why three monitors? You'll get the result you want if you buy two large
widescreen monitors set to one display.

Mickey

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I am in the medical field and in the radiology department, I review
images from CT CAT scanning, In the hospital obviously we have
an IT Dept and all the
help we can get.

Here at home, I am on my own, there is no help, I only have one PC
(desktop) with PCIe Win XP Pro
32 bit.

Here is what I wish to accomplish:

I want to purchase a video card
that has THREE VGA or DVI outputs where I can connect three
monitors into one
video card and be able to view a very large document and be able to
move the document
from one monitor into another monitor and even a third monitor.

So basically how can I have one computer with three monitors. Also I
need to be able to reboot my PC and be able to go back to
my WIN XP without having to spend several minutes and reconfigure
the three monitors, I want windows to remember the last conf
settings.
Why all the video cards have only 2 outputs and not three? what if
someone wants three! am I missing anything ? Thanks
in advance for all your help.

You are missing something... (Ability to use Google? Effort put forth to
look?)

First - there are three and four output video cards - if you have PCIe in
your computer.
Second - you can also combine video cards (put more than one in a machine)
and get all sorts of output possibilities.
Third - are you sure you need this and not just two widescreen monitors?
(30"+)

Nice chart for you:
http://www.multiplemonitors.org/Pages - Hardware/Hardware - Multi head Video cards.html

Should get you started, anyway. It's not up to date by any means - but that
should show you how long such cards have been available and some names to
look into.

 

[Jerry Ed]

In 2001 I bought a Dell Dimension 1.0GH computer.
It had an onboard Video Card for 1 monitor (IBM 260).

In 2005 I bought an Appian Typhoon 64MB Dual PCI (not PCIe) from
EBAY for 49.99 + 10.00sh.
I bought 2 more monitors (IBM 260s) from CompuCycle in Houston TX.

After playing around with Control Panel > Display > Display Porperties >
Settings,
(dragging the monitor icons around and checking "Extend my Windows desktop
onto this monitor")
the Appian card became monitor 1 & 2, and the onboard card became monitor 3.

I can drag or stretch any window on one monitor to any of the other 2.

JE

 

[Phyberlink]

Thank you Mickey, Shenan Stanley, and JE,

Well the reason I need 3 monitors and perhaps four is this:

In my rec room (basement) I have 3 projectors hanging from the
ceiling, these projectors are aiming into 3 white retractable screens,
furthermore, I also have one 24" monitor on my desk where the PC is. Now,
I want to be able to invite medical staff such as RN's and MD as well as
faculty members to review some X-rays and acquire as many opinions as
possible. Since there are several shades of white, gray and black, I need
to be able to view on a very large scale. This needs to be done during
weekends and casually. An identical set-up does exist at work in the
Hospital Lab, where the IT Dept maintains. What I am really looking for,
is a quality ONE video Card that will do it all, this video card should
FEED 3 projectors and my one primary PC Monitor.

I will be using my PC with my table monitor at home on a daily basis, but
the additional 3 projectors will be only on weekends, a total of four on
weekends. The X-ray images have been burned into a CD in order NOT to
carry original physical X-Rays back and forth from work to home. It took
me over 7 months to set up everything in my rec room, I even have speakers,
now it is time for the final touches, a good video card. NewEgg sells
video cards only with two outputs, it seems the market is flooded with 2
outputs. I have asked the IT personnel to do side work, but are not
available during weekends, and this is the only time I am available at home.
I therefore have taken the task to implement this challenge on my own, I am
also leaning as I go. Now that you know the facts, please suggest to me
any quality video cards with 3 or more outputs, I am even willing to
disable the lousy intergraded card that I am using now.

 

[Doug]

Something like
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/qid_series/qidlppcie/ ?