5 screen setup hardware tips

[leotowers]

Hi folks,

I'm in the process of building a new machine to work on a project that includes outputting to 5 different screens.

The idea is to have some room to use it in future projects but mainly tat would be the highest demand I'd have.

I'm currently using a MacBook Pro retina with two Matrox DP Edition. It works but I have the sensation it's a very unstable setup.

So I began researching to build a PC setup and wound up dreaming about Datapath x4. The problem is the price, WAY out of my possibilities (even more if we think about a GTX 980 pairing up with it and all the other hardware I'd need to have HD output possibilities).

My main focus is permament art exhibitions, with the computer running all day long with no human interference.

Could you guys please provide me with good hardware tips and insights?

Thanks in advance.

[Oaktown]

All AMD cards with Eyefinity technology can have 6 outputs. Some GPUs have six outputs such as AMD 5870 eyefinity 6 but otherwise you'd have to use a DP MST Hub on one of the DisplayPort outputs.

All R9 200 or 300 series cards will be able to handle 6 outputs but with 5 HD outputs, I'd make sure I get one with lots of VRAM (at least 4GB).