Who's using 3 monitors with their DAW?

perhaps you can but without knowing the mobo cant comment further.
my video card has 2x hdmi connectors, 1 x Digi and 1 vga  and i can connect 4 monitors successfully.

The above posts are quite correct.

I used to have 3 monitors, but chose to reduce that to 2.

My computer has 2 video cards, each of which can support multiple connected devices, and the motherboard has additional video connectors with on-board video, so I could really load up If I wanted to.

Many cards support up to 2 connected monitors, and some either 3 or 4, but you need to review specs, because some only allow EITHER HDMI or DVI.  All of the cards I have seen allow the VGA connector to be used, which is also fine for Sonar use.

If you have not yet purchased the display screens, I recommend you consider using HDMI TV's for monitors, as you can get 32" HDTV's for around $200 or less, which is cheaper than an equivalent computer display.  (the computer displays produce a better picture, but for Sonar I am quite happy with the picture).

I hope the above helps - having multiple screens is fabulous.  I have mine set up so that the console is on one screen and the track pane and rest are on the main screen.  My screens are a 32" HDTV and a 46" HDTV - the larger one is my main.

Bob Bone

I use three monitors, two side by side for my main work view and a third across by my keyboards which I either float a window on or use my Monitor manager to mirror an existing window. (Saves me turning my head - )

I have two graphics cards, neither of them anything fancy ATi 5450s. If you do go the two card route I'd check that they will work together okay before buying. I personally couldn't get two cards to work together until they were the same type, I know others have but it wouldn't work for me.

I'm using 3 monitors, which I really like. 

2 identical 18" ones in between my near fields and one that's a TV, which is beside my piano.
At 37", it's also big enough to see from my V-drums, which are across the room a bit. 

Makes my 2 DAWs nice & big.


I bought an ASUS GeForce card for about $75.00 [nothing fancy or expensive] which runs the 2 in front of me, and I plug the one to the TV into the Mobo, which is also an ASUS. 



Highly recommend 3 monitors.

I am running 3 monitors across 2 cards.

Non matching cards as well, ATI radeon HD5700 and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 660.

Works great!

PS: in my thumbnail photo (member icon), the 4th monitor is being hidden by the red chair in the foreground because that monitor is set low, and built into my desk.