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Thread starter Jskid Start date Jul 25, I would like to connect at least two monitors to it. How large can the monitors be?

For example could I connect two 28"? Must they use different connections? Physical size won't matter. Reactions: ZedRM. Click to expand Depends on what you use the PC system for, upgrade budget, and current power supply - a Radeon HD is W-ish graphics card, so if you wanted to stay in the same ballpark figure, regarding power, then something like a Radeon RX would fit the bill.

It has up to 3 DisplayPort sockets so it could easily run 2 big, high resolution monitors. It was released 3 years ago, though, so isn't the most up-to-date model; so if your system could cope with an additional power requirement of W, then the latest Radeon RX would do just as well.

Downstream it seems to be a I have updated the software as well. For some reason, I cannot get the two monitors to function simultaneously. If I change from one to the other all is well. Resizable Bar? Tweet Monitor connectivity - Eyefinity You guys will notice that the new series cards have a plethora of monitor connectors.

Eyefinity An exciting feature that started in the Radeon series , and now continued on the series graphics cards is Eyefinity. We have two reviews available on Eyefinity: Radeon HD Eyefinity three monitors review - click here. Radeon HD Eyefinity6 six monitors review - click here. Now since monitor Bezels are a little icky I have created the above video to show you how you could do it as well ; Introduction Let's meet Bart This stock clocked Radeon HD is cooled passively, meaning it has no fans tool it down.

That also means it's rather silent as it does not make any noise. But what about temperatures then you must be wondering? The new graphics card is intended to boost a little more performance into entry-level gaming.

The dual GPU product that you guys learned to know under codename Malta finally is released. What they don't tell y Sat Jul 02, am Yeah, I have a though and I wish to do extended desktops, not Eyefinity It was sort of hinted on in the Eyefinity test setup on TR All of those adapters are of the passive variety, which means they're simple plug converters.

If you want to drive a higher resolution display off this card via HDMI or dual-link DVI, you'll need an active converter, which is a more expensive proposition. SecretSquirrel Minister of Gerbil Affairs. DisplayPort supports fall back to single link DVI using a simple passive adapter. In legacy mode the DP port pins are simply connected to the appropriate signals from the DVI outputs, meaning you can't use both to output different signals.

Yes, it's confusing. I don't know why they did it that way. Some combination of engineering limitations and cost and desire for marketing specs, I'm sure. What they don't tell y Sat Jul 02, pm I'm not sure why you're still confused. The Eyefinity FAQs clearly state that this is all to do with clock signal generation. The DisplayPort clock signal can drive multiple monitors, but the legacy clocks cannot, and any passive DP adaptors use one of the legacy clock signals.

AMD Eyefinity technology leverages DisplayPort and its ability to easily scale to drive multiple displays from a single clock source. What's the difference between active DisplayPort dongles and passive DisplayPort dongles? Passive dongles use the DisplayPort connection to receive non-DP signaling from the connector and they 'passively' adjust the signals to be compliant with the connected monitor.

Passive dongles are considered legacy connections, not DisplayPort connections, therefore they do not fulfill the DisplayPort connection requirement mentioned previously and cannot be used to enable 3 or more displays. They do, however, offer an affordable solution to adapt legacy displays to DisplayPort connections. Active dongles use true DisplayPort signaling to 'actively' translate and re-transmit the signals as the required outputs. Because they use the true DisplayPort signaling, they are considered a DisplayPort connection and meet the requirements to enable 3 or more displays.

To enable and drive 3 or more non-DisplayPort monitors at one time, the additional non-DisplayPort monitors must be connected with an active DisplayPort dongle. FuturePastNow Gerbil Elite. Damage Gerbil Jedi. What they don't tell y Sat Jul 02, pm Ugh. Sorry you ran into problems. Our coverage was never intended as a comprehensive guide to setting up your own Eyefinity setup, and we certainly didn't spend any time trying to set one up with a VGA output in the mix.

We have, however, talked about the issues with various adapters and about our own lack of experience with them. The best ones can cost over bucks a pop, and the less expensive passive-type adapters have apparently been troublesome, with compatibility issues and the like. I say "apparently" because our experience with Eyefinity has been limited to monitors with DisplayPort inputs, so we haven't had the particular joy of dealing with the flickering screens or HDCP problems potentially caused by cheap dongles.

What they don't tell y Sun Jul 03, am I'm not genuinely confused as to what I am or am not capable of doing with the card anymore, rather pissed off that it would be cheaper for me to get a low budget card and put it in another slot then use three monitors with my original card. Something I see as very inflammatory considering all the extra ports they tacked onto the card to make it seem a lot more then it really is.

To add insult to injury I could drive three displays with my More so none of these limitations were really outlined anywhere visible without having the problem first, then all of a sudden I have google results and forum posts. I'm not trying to do anything as high-test or awe-inducing as Eyefinity either. I simply wanted two extended desktops, one of which I could play my movies on for my big screen TV, the other I use as a second monitor. It's hard to imagine a majority of users not running into the same problems I just have.

Most people aren't going to run out and buy three brand new monitors with displayports on them. Like I said, they probably have an older monitor they use as a secondary one which will more then likely be VGA , a nice one they use as a primary monitor, and then a TV or possibly a third crappy monitor on the other side. What they don't tell y Sun Jul 03, am Bensam wrote: It's hard to imagine a majority of users not running into the same problems I just have.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. What they don't tell y Sun Jul 03, am I meant out of the people who would be sporting more then two monitors or even two monitors. Classic setup is using one of the older monitors you outdated with a new monitor as a secondary instead of getting rid of it. Longsdivision Gerbil In Training. What they don't tell y Sun Jul 03, am I understand your frustration, I had the same issue with 2 samsung lcds and a samsung led tv.