(6) 2560x1600 DP monitors - whose card can drive them for work use

[Savage1701]

It's upgrade time.

I'd like to get a dual-slot Eyefinity card that can drive 6 2560x1600 monitors. These monitors will have DisplayPort inputs, of course. I am not going to try active DP to Dual-Link DVI converters or anything like that.

I am not a gamer. They will be used as a massive desktop, mostly for 2D stock charting, web pages, spreadsheets, etc. I might want to watch a Blu-Ray every now and then, or do a little editing of H.264, so my first choice is a consumer/gamer card with HDCP and HDMI 1.4, not necessarily a workstation card. HDMI 1.3 is fine as well. DirectX 10 or 11 does not really matter to me.

I'm confused because I can't seem to find out which cards/series of ATI-branded products will just let me drop the card in, hook up my 6 monitors, and have a massive 2-tall by 3-long desktop array.

I'm also open to NVIDIA as well.

Can anyone help me on this?

 

[Arris]

ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Graphics (has 6 outputs)
But looks like this card is out of the question:

Integrated dual-link DVI output with HDCP15
Max resolution: 2560x1600
Integrated DisplayPort output
Max resolution: 2560x1600
Integrated HDMI 1.3 output with Deep Color, xvYCC wide gamut support, and high bit-rate audio
Max resolution: 1920x1200
Integrated VGA output
Max resolution: 2048x1536

Some outputs are going to max out below the required 2560x1600 that you are after. Looks like it is limited to 6 x 1920x1080.

Any HD6000 series card should drive 6 monitors, although I think they need a displayport adapter to give 6 outputs. Again after some research it looks like you can't run 2560x1600 from all outputs. Either you'd have to settle for 1920x1080 or find another solution. Not sure about a Nvidia setup for 6 monitors at that resolution.

Reading some info about Nvidia solutions, I don't think they have anything that can drive 6 monitors. Hopefully someone with hands on experience can provide some more information.

 

[Savage1701]

Thank you; I appreciate it. We'll see if anyone else posts.

 

[Arris]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-eyfinity-editorial-review/2

Some examples what you can do where:
Single Monitor setup in 2560x1600
Dual Monitors setup in 2560x1600 per monitor
Three monitors setup in 2560x1600 per monitor
Six monitors setup in 1920x1080 per monitor

 

[Savage1701]

I'll probably have to go the workstation route. Which is actually fine, since those cards burn so little juice.

Appreciate the comments.