Hey guys, i have a 6970 and 3 screens im looking to try out eyefinity I have 1 23" IPS screen with HDMI/VGA/DVI My other 2 screens are 19" the same models with only VGA connections. I haven't used them in a while but working fine. I tried to connect both the VGA monitors via DVI/VGA adapters only 1 worked but after reading up this wont work since when both are connected to DVI 1 is DVI-D only !bah! So it seems i need to make use of the mini display port on the card and need an active adapter Whats my best option for connecting these screens? i don't really want to spend to much money on it as im just trying it out for now i might buy another 2 23" IPS screens if this goes well
If I'm not mistaken for eyefinity to work you need at least 1 of the monitors running with the displayport, so you would either require a monitor with displayport OR an active (not passive) adapter to change the displayport to hdmi / dvi, etc. As for using the DVI/VGA adapters, you have to see if the card is DVI and DVI-D, in which case only 1 will work if I'm not mistaken. I know on my 6950 I have HDMI, DVI, DVI-D, and 2 displayport, only way for me to get 3 monitors is 1 running through the displayport, 1 hdmi and the other can use dvi or vga with a dvi to vga adapter. I couldn't run 2 monitors off the 2 dvi connecters.
Eyefinity does not support mismatched monitors. To run them, the 23" will have to be set to the same resolution as the 19" monitors, You also will need a Active DP to DVI adaptor to use eyefinity. Nvidia surround, does not require DP to run.
Yea they will be running at the same resolution I guess i will be using the following setup 23" - HDMI 19" - DVI-VGA 19" - MiniDP-VGA (Active) Looks like this might be the adapter to go for LINK
I would go with DP to DVI on the 23" monitor, and DVI- VGA on the 19" monitor. That adaptor does not state whether it is a Active adaptor, which is what you need. This one is Active Clicky
He can only have one Monitor on DVI-> VGA because his card has only one DVI-I connector the other is DVI-D and cannot convert The adapter you link to is on AMD's Eyefinity list so should be okay http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx
That's going to look terrible. All DisplayPort adapters are active, because DP only carries a DP signal. The adapter that was linked also looks like an active adapter as the "blob" at the VGA end looks like it fits a PCB and a chip inside.
Well the picture he linked has 2 DVI-I connectors I agree. Not every DP to DVI/VGA/HDMI will be an active adaptor. So it's worth checking to make sure it is Active, otherwise, it won't work.
Well like i said its just a test to see if i like the idea of gaming on 3 screens. I agree it wont look great with different sized screens but Ive seen it done before and isn't THAT bad
if your looking for a active adapter, i used to use a HIS one with a 6970 and it worked perfect, i thought amd were working on getting eyefinity to work on different size,res and aspect ratio. wish it did work i would love to put 2 4.3 monitors each side of my 27" 1080p 120hz
SoftTH allows this. As that is what I used in my old setup. 1x30" in landscape and 2x 20" in portriat mode
is the different res issue only if you want to stretch over the 3 screens? i want a 3 screen setup, but each monitor to be "individual". its wont be for gaming either just work. but i have 1 x 22" 16:9 and 2 x 17" 4:3's, would this be OK?
Only for Eyefinity or NV surround. If your just doing work, then you can have a mix of different displays in either Portrait/Landscape. All you have to do is Expand desktop to the new displays.
Cool, i thought so, but i paniced when i saw this thread, as i am just about to buy an Eyefinity card at the end of this week.
