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| Author: | Synthon [ 23 Dec 2010, 03:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Eyefinity Setup |
Hello everyone, Basically, I am looking to set up an Eyefinity system with 3 monitors, and I have become fairly confused by the whole thing, and can't seem to find a straight answer, alot of the posts I'm reading are quite old so I don't know if things have changed or not. I need to know if 3 2443BW monitors along with a DisplayPort to DVI Dual-Link Adapter (or something similar from a different brand) will work as a suitable eyefinity setup. I'm running an ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series card. I eagerly await your response, Synthon |
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| Author: | Gilly [ 24 Dec 2010, 16:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity Setup |
Basically: 1) If you want eyefinity to work you NEED to use the DP connector on the card. Hence using the adaptors. 2) You either need a DP > VGA or DVI adaptor that is active, or a native DP monitor. 3) To get bezel compensation you need to have 3 identical screens. Same res/ size is not good enough. Those are the first 3 big things that come to mind with Eyefinity. As for adaptors that work well that are cheap, I don't have personal experience with them, but a lot of people do, worth having a look in some other threads for that info. |
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| Author: | BHawthorne [ 24 Dec 2010, 17:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity Setup |
You no longer need a "dual-link" adapter. There are more cost effective "single-link" dvi active adapters available now. The key is that is needs to be an active adapter. As long as you're 1920 or less resolution single-link will work. The main thing that has changed since the 5800 series is that there are now single-link active adapters available for reasonable price. "Dual-link" is only needed for displays over 1920. The 2443BW look to be the replacement to my 245BW. Keep in mind that you'll need a desk capable of holding 5 foot wide of displays. |
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| Author: | Synthon [ 25 Dec 2010, 03:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity Setup |
Excellent, thanks so much for your replies guys, I really appreciate it, hopefully I'll have my setup up and running in a month or so. I'm currently waiting for my mates business to get the monitors in stock (that way I can get them alot cheaper). I'll have a look through the forums and see what adapters are recommended. Thanks again! |
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| Author: | tfannon [ 25 Dec 2010, 21:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity Setup |
the sapphire adapter works for the 5870. the accel min-dp -> dvi works for the 6970. i have them both. |
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