Cheapest Pc Gpu For Mac

We're just experimenting with multiple monitors at my work and found out the GPU upgrade we gave our computer couldn't display more than two monitors at one time. What is the cheapest video card out there that supports at least 3 monitors? (Don't even ask what the heck we're doing haha). This is the motherboard. It's no gaming tower by any means, but right now we've got a cheaptastic Zotac GT 610 in there, which we might have to return now (unless we're not going to do our 3-monitor experiment).

Jan 12, 2009  We're just experimenting with multiple monitors at my work and found out the GPU upgrade we gave our computer couldn't display more than two monitors at one time. PC Graphics Card? At the moment, I'm thinking if I should buy myself a MacBook Pro 15-inch. However, it needs to have a very good graphics card, since I want it for some fun gaming (not serious gaming) as well as work) If I was going to run games, I would use Bootcamp Windows 7, but how do the Mac graphics compare to the. Show more At the moment, I'm thinking if I should buy myself a MacBook Pro 15-inch. Solved What is the best and cheapest graphics card upgrade (200-300 usd) for an Alienware m17x r4 with an NVIDIA geforce gtx 675m? Solved What is the cheapest Graphics Card I could get for a Home. I literally need the cheapest card to run El Capitan without graphics issues, preferable OOB. I was looking at a GT 210 and thought that it would.

Thanks for the suggestions and ideas so far, guys. I was honestly a bit surprised that a 600-series card (may it be a very puny and cheap kind) couldn't display 3 monitors at once. Though, it was only like $60. I'll have a look at local PC shops in town to see if they have those 5xxx cards.

I've never dealt with any display port setups or USB configurations. All we've just been doing with this GT 610 is jamming it up with monitors. Two are VGA, one of which we got a VGA to DVI adapter for (so one's just VGA to VGA, the other VGA to DVI). Then there's the third monitor but we only had a spare HDMI port left on the card, which we couldn't get converted (VGA to HDMI). We dug around in our building and found a DVI monitor so we got a DVI to HDMI cable.

That way we had all 3 monitors hooked up. And then found out the GPU could only display two!

If the CPU's have integrated graphics you can run one monitor off of that and the other 2 off of any stupidly cheap GPU. GeneralX Hmmm, well the thing is, I had to uninstall the integrated graphics driver in order to get any picture from the new GPU. So now with the onboard drivers uninstalled, I can't get a signal when plugging in another VGA. Can I simply reinstall the integrated graphics and use the VGA port on the motherboard? Can that at all work?

I mean, would the NVIDIA control panel detect all 3 monitors that way even though one of them wouldn't even be plugged into the GPU? QUOTE="GeneralX'If the CPU's have integrated graphics you can run one monitor off of that and the other 2 off of any stupidly cheap GPU. AmsterG Hmmm, well the thing is, I had to uninstall the integrated graphics driver in order to get any picture from the new GPU. So now with the onboard drivers uninstalled, I can't get a signal when plugging in another VGA. Can I simply reinstall the integrated graphics and use the VGA port on the motherboard? Can that at all work? I mean, would the NVIDIA control panel detect all 3 monitors that way even though one of them wouldn't even be plugged into the GPU?

Yes it would work fine, I've done it. I'm not sure about the nvidia control panel seeing the other monitor though, I can't remember. Upcast rt 8.0.0 free download for mac.

Windows will see it ofc. Also install the latest intel drivers from their site, don't count on windows. QUOTE="GeneralX'If the CPU's have integrated graphics you can run one monitor off of that and the other 2 off of any stupidly cheap GPU. AmsterG Hmmm, well the thing is, I had to uninstall the integrated graphics driver in order to get any picture from the new GPU. So now with the onboard drivers uninstalled, I can't get a signal when plugging in another VGA. Can I simply reinstall the integrated graphics and use the VGA port on the motherboard?

Can that at all work? I mean, would the NVIDIA control panel detect all 3 monitors that way even though one of them wouldn't even be plugged into the GPU?It's the set-up I currently use (I have my GTX 460 running my main two monitors and my Intel integrated running my TV). Also I'm using Windows 7 not sure if XP is capable of doing this. The Nvidia drivers and the Intel drivers coexist fine but you will need both. You will need to manage the monitors using the windows built-in screen manager and you might even have to 'Detect' to find the third display.

So I should be able to redownload/reinstall the onboard driver from the motherboard's website without it affecting the already installed NVIDIA drivers? Lnr200 nethd series. And plugging in a third monitor would simply just expand the desktop even more just like how the second monitor does it? AmsterGYour mileage may vary with a mobo-integrated GPU since mine is a CPU-integrated GPU but I think it should still work out. Try installing the motherboard GPU drivers after you already have the primary monitors hooked up. Plug the third monitor in to the motherboard and go to Detect it. After that it will just work as an expansion to your desktop like the second monitor.

The only limitation I've seen is sometimes when I play a video with hardware acceleration on my Nvidia driven monitors and try to move it to the third Intel-driven monitor it tends to lock-up the video. Thanks for all the suggestions. However, I'm going to be holding off on trying all these things as it's looking like Operation Triple Screen is shutting down. We'll manage with just the two monitors. We don't even need two but we just found some spare monitors in the building so we wanted to give them a try. A couple of the guys installed Flight Simulator X on the computer and desperately wanted to see it on 3 monitors, knowing our computer is really just a work station, not a gaming rig.

So $60 came out of someone's pocket and I ran out with it to buy this GT 610, which will be taken out of the computer at some point today to be returned to the store. Thanks for all the suggestions. However, I'm going to be holding off on trying all these things as it's looking like Operation Triple Screen is shutting down. We'll manage with just the two monitors. We don't even need two but we just found some spare monitors in the building so we wanted to give them a try.

A couple of the guys installed Flight Simulator X on the computer and desperately wanted to see it on 3 monitors, knowing our computer is really just a work station, not a gaming rig. So $60 came out of someone's pocket and I ran out with it to buy this GT 610, which will be taken out of the computer at some point today to be returned to the store. AmsterG Getting a little nerdy are we xD. While it looks like you've stopped there are a few other bits to watch out for. PSU - when we tried upgrading some Dell Optiplex at work we found out the PSU was severely limiting - they put in 150 / 165 / 200W PSU into many of the desktops we looked at - perfectly adequate for running the PC as it came supplied from the factory, but hopeless for adding a reasonable graphics card - which usually state they require a 400W minimum. You would also need to check the PSU for suitable PCI power connections, as again they may have only been shipped with what the basic spec required. Onboard graphics - heavily dependent on the manufacturer and BIOS.

Some will only allow you to use EITHER onboard graphics OR dedicated graphics card, but not both - the usual hiccup in trying to get 3 monitors to work where 2 are from the graphics card and one from onboard.