4 monitors on debian Jessie

[phoenix88]

Hi

This is my first post in this forum and I hope this is the right place for this question. I'm using debian since many years but I'm a complete noob regarding all graphics related topics. So that I hope to get some helpful advices
I want to extend my monitors from 2 to 4. I need this for work (coding etc) and NO gaming. At the moment I have an old GT 220 graphic card which does a decent job. However, for being able to run 4 monitors I need to buy a new graphic card. As outlined above I'm a complete noob regarding this. I browsed the web and found this card which isn't too expansive (Imho) https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/gi ... ?tagIds=76
for what it's offering. Maybe I'm completely wrong
I have the followimg two questions:

• 1. Is it worth going for one with Hdmi/divport just for work related stuff?

• 2. Is it easy to setup the drivers for these card for debian jessie? As far as I see there are prop drivers from nvidia supporting my 64 system but maybe I missing a point here.

The second question is important to me. I don't want to spend too much time to set it up. Simce I'm not a gamer all I need is to get this 4 monitors up and running without having a painful experience Hope some more experienced debian user may share their opinions if this doable with tgis graphic card and drivers

Cheers!

[sunrat]

You should be able to set up 4 monitors with the Nvidia Settings utility.
That card will probably need a newer kernel and graphics driver from backports.

[phoenix88]

Thanks for your anwser. I'm open to other recommendation regarding the graphic card. If you think there is a more suitable one for this case, happy to hear your thoughts

[sunrat]

That card should be fine, and installing kernel and drivers from backports is pretty easy. You may be interested in these (only slightly dated) articles at Phoronix:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... ktop&num=1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... inux&num=1