Card for 3 Monitors for Dell 3020

[Dev2015]

Hello,
I have dell 3020 minitower and need to run 3 monitors (monitors have DVI).
Do you recommend any graphic card that is capable, also 3020 only has maximum power supply rating of 290W so I can't get graphic card beyond that.

I have ATI FirePro 2460 (512mb) in mind as I've used it before but was wondering if there's any 1GB out there, that's also compatible with Windows 10 X64Bit.

Appreciate it, first post! Thanks so much.

 

[KingFatty]

Are you sure you can add a graphic card - do you have a PCIe slot to use?

If so, another possibility, is adding an inexpensive video card that doesn't support triple monitors alone but does support two, and then plug two monitors into that video card, and the third monitor into your existing integrated graphics port. The trick would be to find out if the Dell BIOS allows you to enable the use of the added graphic card and the integrated graphics at the same time. My current motherboard allows this, but it's not a Dell.

If that is not an option, another way to go would be to use a USB-based graphics solution to add a 3rd display, and plug the other two into two of the motherboard ports for the integrated graphics.

 

[RussianSensation]

Hello,
I have dell 3020 minitower and need to run 3 monitors (monitors have DVI).
Do you recommend any graphic card that is capable, also 3020 only has maximum power supply rating of 290W so I can't get graphic card beyond that.

I have ATI FirePro 2460 (512mb) in mind as I've used it before but was wondering if there's any 1GB out there, that's also compatible with Windows 10 X64Bit.

Appreciate it, first post! Thanks so much.

I am confused by your post:

1) Your card is listed to have Windows 10 32/64-bit support and October 15, 2015 driver is there for download.

There is also a December 2015 Windows 10 driver for your card directly from AMD
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation?os=Windows 10 - 64#catalyst-pro

To look for Windows 10 drivers I went here:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

-> Workstation Graphics -> FirePro MultiView Series -> FirePro 2460 -> Windows 10 32-bit OR 64-bit version.

2) Your card can support 4 monitors:

Display Outputs: Quad DP and Quad DVI
Display Connections: 4x Mini DisplayPort
S-Video Outputs: No
Max Digital Resolution: 2560X1600

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/workstation/firemv-2d/2460#

You would just need to get DisplayPort to DVI cables depending on what resolution you need.
http://www.amazon.com/gofanco®-Plat...s/B00O80WNXK/ref=dpx_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1

Clearly a single 1GB card cannot drive games across 3 displays so why do you need a 1GB card for Windows 10?

 

[Techhog]

I am confused by your post:

1) Your card is listed to have Windows 10 32/64-bit support and October 15, 2015 driver is there for download.

There is also a December 2015 Windows 10 driver for your card directly from AMD
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation?os=Windows 10 - 64#catalyst-pro

To look for Windows 10 drivers I went here:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

-> Workstation Graphics -> FirePro MultiView Series -> FirePro 2460 -> Windows 10 32-bit OR 64-bit version.

2) Your card can support 4 monitors:

Display Outputs: Quad DP and Quad DVI
Display Connections: 4x Mini DisplayPort
S-Video Outputs: No
Max Digital Resolution: 2560X1600

http://www.amd.com/en-us/products/graphics/workstation/firemv-2d/2460#

You would just need to get DisplayPort to DVI cables depending on what resolution you need.
http://www.amazon.com/gofanco®-Plat...s/B00O80WNXK/ref=dpx_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1

Clearly a single 1GB card cannot drive games across 3 displays so why do you need a 1GB card for Windows 10?

He said that he has it "in mind"

 

[KingFatty]

I tried looking up Dell 3020 but there are different form factors and options, so I can't tell if it's even possible to add a discrete video card?

Any more specifics on the motherboard etc. for your Dell 3020?

 

[Dev2015]

hello all!

thanks everyone for their posts.

my specs are:

dell 3020 minitower (from UK)
INTEL I7,
512gb ssd
16gb ram

now I already have a dell 3020 minitower intel i5, 128gb ssd, 8gb ram and I put in ATI FIREPRO 2450 & 2460 and seems to work fine. I think the 2450 is out of life so the newer one 2460 seems OK as well. It's 512mb.

I just need to run office apps and Bloomberg apps properly, and Excel. (not a gamer). I was just curious if there was a card that won't go beyond the power supply rating of my dell 3020 (290W), that perhaps offer 1gb instead of 512mb. It's no big deal 2460 should suffice considering I've got a intel i7.

also, from research and dell online, it seems you can't run both integrated graphic card & the separate card. so basically I cant get separate card and plug in 2 monitors, and then 3rd monitor plug it in integrated. it's either I can use.

thanks again!

 

[RussianSensation]

I just need to run office apps and Bloomberg apps properly, and Excel. (not a gamer). I was just curious if there was a card that won't go beyond the power supply rating of my dell 3020 (290W), that perhaps offer 1gb instead of 512mb. It's no big deal 2460 should suffice considering I've got a intel i7.

also, from research and dell online, it seems you can't run both integrated graphic card & the separate card. so basically I cant get separate card and plug in 2 monitors, and then 3rd monitor plug it in integrated. it's either I can use.

thanks again!

Thanks for the update. Yes, you have some options available for you such as GTX750Ti, GTX950, GTX960, R9 380, etc. but I don't see the use in any of these cards since you aren't gaming. You also already have a 512GB SSD. There isn't much you can do really to speed up your system at this point without getting a faster CPU and a more expensive PCI Express M.2 SSD like the Samsung 950 Pro. Even that M.2 SSD mainly benefits from faster reads/writes, not access time which is what impacts the real world snappiness of the desktop OS.

Also, as I understand it, your card already came with 4x miniDP to DVI adapters.

If you want to run different monitors, beyond 2 different monitors, you need to buy a mini DP to active DisplayPort/DVI adapter. If you are using identical monitors, you should be able to run 4x 1920x1080 or 4x 1920x1200 using just the 4 mini DP to DVI adapters you got.

If you need the most flexibility by mixing differnet monitor sizes, with different resolutions, beyond 2 (1920x1200 monitors or lower), you'd need to get one of these active mini DP to DVI/Displayport adapters:

gofanco® Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort to DVI Active Converter

Specifications
- PC resolution supported: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200, 2048x1536, 2560x1440 @ 60Hz, 2560x1600 @ 60Hz, 3840x2160 @ 30Hz, 4096x2160 @ 24Hz (Dual-Link)

If you buy 4 of these adapters, you can run 4x (2560x1600 @ 60Hz) monitors. That means your graphics card is actually better suited for multi-monitor usage than all NV cards.