Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors

From	HASM <hasm@example.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject	Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors
Date	2018-03-11 20:33 -0700
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> if a card has 4 different ports, these ports are "and ports" and not
> "or ports", I mean: you can plug as many monitors as the number of
> ports... Am I right?

I don't think so.  Some cards have more physical ports than the number
of monitors they can actually drive.  I believe your card can only drive
three monitors:

  http://multimonitorcomputer.com/vcm/max-monitors-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-gaming

> Is there a limitation (due to power supply, resolution... anything
> else...)

Not sure where the limitation is, some ports may carry the same
"signal", presented different ways.

-- HASM

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nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors François Patte <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> - 2018-03-11 09:41 +0100
  Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2018-03-11 12:42 +0100
    Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors François Patte <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> - 2018-03-11 14:12 +0100
      Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2018-03-11 14:22 +0100
        Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors François Patte <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> - 2018-03-11 15:21 +0100
          Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2018-03-11 15:27 +0100
            Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors François Patte <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> - 2018-03-11 15:50 +0100
              Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors Piergiorgio Sartor <piergiorgio.sartor.this.should.not.be.used@nexgo.REMOVETHIS.de> - 2018-03-11 16:43 +0100
                Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2018-03-11 09:33 -0700
                Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors François Patte <francois.patte@mi.parisdescartes.fr> - 2018-03-11 18:28 +0100
                Re: nvidia gtx 1050ti and 3 monitors HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2018-03-11 20:33 -0700

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