Are Eight Monitors Enough?

Written By
P. J. Connolly
P. J. Connolly
Published: Aug 26, 2011
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Are Eight Monitors Enough?
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Are Eight Monitors Enough?

Are Eight Monitors Enough?

The HP Z600 workstation can drive up to eight 2D displays, with the help of a single Nvidia Quadro 5000 or dual Quadro 2000 video cards.


More Connections Possible

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(front view) A 400Mbit FireWire (IEEE 1394a) port joins the front panel audio and USB ports on the Z600. Optical drive choices include a Blu-ray disc writer and a slot-load DVD+/-RW drive.


Built for Performance

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Whether ones designing buildings or editing video, HPs Z600 workstation has the power to make dreams come true, thanks to its support for up to a dozen processor cores.


Inside the Z600

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The Z600 gives users multiple storage options, with two 5-1/4-inch external bays and two internal 3-1/2-inch bays, and six card slots, two of which support 16-lane Gen2 PCIe devices.


Room for More

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(rear view) The Z600 workstation offers a half-dozen USB ports on the rear of the machine alone. Three more are in front and another three are available inside the computer.

P. J. Connolly

P. J. Connolly began writing for IT publications in 1997 and has a lengthy track record in both news and reviews. Since then, he's built two test labs from scratch and earned a reputation as the nicest skeptic you'll ever meet. Before taking up journalism, P. J. was an IT manager and consultant in San Francisco with a knack for networking the Apple Macintosh, and his love for technology is exceeded only by his contempt for the flavor of the month.

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