What is the technology for connecting 8 monitors to 1 computer?

Question

Iron

Dear friends, need help to connect 8 monitors to one computer. It is necessary to set up 8 workspaces with different informational equipment on one computer. That is, to have graphics on one monitor, data on another, various settings on the third, and so on. Please tell me the technology, the principle of setting and the actual video card (s) that will withstand such a mockery. The work will be non-graphic, there is no need for strong rendering characteristics. And it should work under the windows.

Answer 1

Eh, if only to "clone the picture", that is, video splitters up to 16 monitors.
Use in conjunction with HydraVision / Eyefinity and CrossFireX technologies . Or NVIDIA SLI and surround.
There are a lot of video cards (to be honest, if you needed to connect not 8, but 6 monitors, it would be much cheaper and easier), you can take options with four connectors (with different variations of dvi, vga, dp) and pair them. There are vidyuhi with 6 and even 12 outputs. There is an option from matrox for exactly 8 .
Perfect article on this topic . Perhaps with usb-video cards it will turn out (certainly cheaper).

Answer 2

Thanks a lot. the problem is that the customer has disappeared since then, and now he has shown up again and asks for exactly 8, not 6, and not 12, I also did this, but I didn’t know about the 8th. If I understood it correctly, then the work will be carried out similar to the work of a professional 3d-maker. they have 3D models on one workspace, settings with different textures on the third color on the other, and so on. As soon as I do it, I will write about the result, and maybe even post an article on this topic on Habré :)