14 DAY TRIAL // After making their appearance at various trade shows since the beginning of the year, Galaxy has finally finished the design of its multi-display capable GTX 560 Ti and GT 210 graphics cards, which can drive up to five displays simultaneously.
Nvidia's graphics cards are limited to a dual monitor configuration, but Galaxy was able to overcome this obstacle by using third-party controllers developed by IDT.
The first of the two cards showcased by Galaxy is called the GTX 560 Display5 and uses the same printed circuit board (PCB) design as the GTX 460 WHDI and GTX 460 Razor.
Unlike the other two models in Galaxy's lineup, however, the Display5 comes with a dual-link DVI, a DisplayPort and four mini-HDMI outputs, which can support up to five monitors simultaneously.
The displays attached to the mini-HDMI ports can be combined into a single monitor and the card supports resolution of up to 5040x1050@60Hz, when running in a three-monitor mode, or 5760x900@60Hz, in a four-monitor mode.
While such a setup is clearly lacking when compared with AMD's Eyefinity technology, the supported resolutions should fit pretty well with the graphics power of the GTX 560 Ti.
In addition to the GTX 560 Ti Display5, Galaxy has also demonstrated a multi-display card which is based on the GeForce GT 210 GPU.
The card uses a single slot passive cooling system and features two proprietary DMS59 connectors.
By using the supplied cable adapters, each one of these supports two DVI monitors with resolutions up to 1920x1080 thanks to a pair of VMM1402 chips. The card will be bundled together with the WinSplit Revolution desktop utility.
According to VR-Zone, the new graphics cards are expected to become official this May, but no details regarding their price and availability have been disclosed so far.
