Saroj 

Thanks much, Mike... I like WD as well, but I saw a bad review of the larger ones on New Egg which put me off... I'll dig around a little more. Also appreciate your feedback on the video card... definitely don't want problems in that area...

cunparis 

I have a nvidia card which supports two DVI monitors. I'd like to add a 3rd monitor. so I have to buy a new card right? My card is pciexpress (I think), if I buy a new card would it be PCI? I'm not sure how to add a 2nd card. Would it be better/easier to get a card that supports 4 monitors? Thanks

Saroj, a dual DVI card is a better choice. Maybe a 9400gt/9500gt fanless, SLI ready.

Cunparis, if your motherboard have 2 pci-x (SLI/Cross-Fire ready), just add the same video card, this is the cheaper/smarter solution.

sam028 

Saroj, a dual DVI card is a better choice. Maybe a 9400gt/9500gt fanless, SLI ready. Cunparis, if your motherboard have 2 pci-x (SLI/Cross-Fire ready), just add the same video card, this is the cheaper/smarter solution.

yes, Sam.. I meant to include a dual DVI... just didn't know how to "find" that... wasn't seeing anything in the description so I thought perhaps that was standard now... my Dell is a dual and yet it has a single port that has a splitter which send the image to two monitors... thanks for having a look at it. Anything else?

What about HD's?

Saroj 

ok... gocha... thanks!

The Samsung F3 is a good choice, you can take this one. Not very noisy, and quite fast.

cunparis 

I have a nvidia card which supports two DVI monitors. I'd like to add a 3rd monitor. so I have to buy a new card right? My card is pciexpress (I think), if I buy a new card would it be PCI? I'm not sure how to add a 2nd card. Would it be better/easier to get a card that supports 4 monitors? Thanks

No, don't get a quad DVI card, waste of money unless your motherboard is proprietary/old and doesn't have an available PCI Express slot, or it has on-board video and you can't match the chipset. Hopefully neither is the case, in which case just buy a second cheap card (~$60) with the same chipset (nvidia, amd) and you'll be fine.

Mike

Big Mike 

No, don't get a quad DVI card, waste of money unless your motherboard is proprietary/old and doesn't have an available PCI Express slot, or it has on-board video and you can't match the chipset. Hopefully neither is the case, in which case just buy a second cheap card (~$60) with the same chipset (nvidia, amd) and you'll be fine. Mike

I don't think I have two pciexpress slots, and I'm sure I don't have SLI.

But the more I think about it, the more I think 2 monitors should be enough. I'm currently trying out a new method that uses only 1 timeframe. This could be the easiest answer.

cunparis 

But the more I think about it, the more I think 2 monitors should be enough. I'm currently trying out a new method that uses only 1 timeframe. This could be the easiest answer.

I just use 2 monitors. One is for trading, which has my charts and DOM. The other has some other markets I watch but don't trade and a Windows Media Player streaming CNBC as well as a trading chat room I hang out in during the morning. And go big: you're probably better off with 2 large monitors ( 26"- 28") than 3 normal-sized (20"-22") monitors, and no extra video card needed.