Given the affordability of high-res, big-screen displays, people are increasingly adopting multi-monitor setups for gaming and productivity. Although it's easier than ever to outfit your habitation office with several 27" screens, it wasn't long ago that such a setup required pricey specialized hardware. Nvidia released its TwinView dual-brandish architecture back in 2001 and ATI followed with HydraVision on the dual-head Radeon 7500 and 8500.

Cheaply enabling more than ii displays with a unmarried card, however, is only a recent luxury for consumers. It wasn't until 2022 that ATI Eyefinity (now AMD-branded) shipped with the Radeon HD 5000 series, supporting three to six displays on one menu. With Single Large Surface (SLS) engineering, the cards can group together multiple monitors, which the operating system recognizes as a unmarried ultra-high-resolution screen.

Nvidia responded to Eyefinity with Vision Surround on the GeForce GTX 400 series, supporting up to three monitors for a max resolution of 7680x1600 (2560x1600 per screen). In other words, Nvidia'southward single-GPU multi-display support is limited to half of AMD'southward. This isn't a major business organization for gamers, who likely wouldn't want to run more than iii displays on one card anyhow, but it's a limitation for productivity applications.

In fact, multi-monitor technology was originally designed for productivity and it's however the driving force behind such technology today. Graphic designers, video editors, stock traders and other professionals greatly do good from several screens, only they don't necessarily need the raw GPU power loftier-terminate gamers do. Hoping to accost those needs, Milky way has begun offer Nvidia'southward cards with enhanced multi-display support.

The board partner recently launched its Galaxy MDT GeForce GTX 580, supporting four screens for a maximum resolution of 7680x1200. Withal, existence based on Nvidia'southward flagship unmarried-GPU bill of fare, the solution is still a bit beefier (and pricier) than someone might need to view Photoshop or stocks across four screens. Thus, the visitor has introduced an affordable MDT X4 menu based on the low-finish GeForce GT 520.