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Odd. Maybe I'm just lucky, then, but I've got so many DVI->VGA adaptors lying around I can't remember where half of them are... :lol:

I know we have gone through this, but just to be sure, this will work with 3 DVI monitors right?

I am looking at this from AMD/ATI's site:

Driver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above is required to support ATI Eyefinity technology and to enable a third display you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx

Or this slide:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_5000_Leaks/images/displays1.jpg

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*edited by BHawthorne* Removed inaccurate pre-release info about adapters.

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1920x1200 or smaller resolution with a displayport to dvi passive adapter. No need for a display with displayport on it.

Thank you.

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1920x1200 or smaller resolution with a displayport to dvi passive adapter. No need for a display with displayport on it.

thanks for saying this, because i was about to yell out that the only reason they needed that adapter was because they were running 30 inchers with a massive resolution. I've been able to run 24" lcd's with 1920x1080 over vga.

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[quote]1920x1200 or smaller resolution with a displayport to dvi passive adapter. No need for a display with displayport on it.

thanks for saying this, because i was about to yell out that the only reason they needed that adapter was because they were running 30 inchers with a massive resolution. I've been able to run 24" lcd's with 1920x1080 over vga.
Is there really any limit to what signal a VGA cable can carry ?
I don't think so but I could be wrong...
Still, it's analog and therefore shouldn't have any bandwidth restrictions as far as I know

however the quality of the signal is not the same, protection against parasites isn't that good either & cable lenght is pretty limited or else you lose on quality again ...

[quote][quote]1920x1200 or smaller resolution with a displayport to dvi passive adapter. No need for a display with displayport on it.

thanks for saying this, because i was about to yell out that the only reason they needed that adapter was because they were running 30 inchers with a massive resolution. I've been able to run 24" lcd's with 1920x1080 over vga.
Is there really any limit to what signal a VGA cable can carry ?
I don't think so but I could be wrong...
Still, it's analog and therefore shouldn't have any bandwidth restrictions as far as I know

however the quality of the signal is not the same, protection against parasites isn't that good either & cable lenght is pretty limited or else you lose on quality again ...well i know that it is a pain to run 1080p over component unless you are using a REALLY short cable. Also I just ran my step dad's 24" 1920x1200 over DVI, it works fine without a duel link. Makes me want to replace my spare 19" with a 24"

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*edited by BHawthorne* Removed inaccurate pre-release info about adapters.

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[quote][quote][quote]1920x1200 or smaller resolution with a displayport to dvi passive adapter. No need for a display with displayport on it.

thanks for saying this, because i was about to yell out that the only reason they needed that adapter was because they were running 30 inchers with a massive resolution. I've been able to run 24" lcd's with 1920x1080 over vga.
Is there really any limit to what signal a VGA cable can carry ?
I don't think so but I could be wrong...
Still, it's analog and therefore shouldn't have any bandwidth restrictions as far as I know

however the quality of the signal is not the same, protection against parasites isn't that good either & cable lenght is pretty limited or else you lose on quality again ...

VGA is analog. These passive adapters require hdmi or dvi digital port on the display. The only cost effective adapter are digital-to-digital with the bandwidth of "single-dvi" for these cards. Seriously, if you're using VGA get a new display. The active converter for DisplyPort-to-VGA would cost as much as a new display. :wink:

I was merely stating that it was possible. There is also an HDMI port on the back, but we all know that HDMI has a greater bandwidth then DVI.

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I was merely stating that it was possible. There is also an HDMI port on the back, but we all know that HDMI has a greater bandwidth then DVI.

Not all HDMI,.... only HDMI 1.3 specs with greater bandwidth than DL-DVI or even DP.. However, hardly any devices/displays utilize that bandwidth or 1.3 specs.

Concerning bandwidth... analog VGA with 400MHz RAMDACs beats HDMI 1.3's, DP's and DL-DVI's bandwidth (but being an analog signal instead of digital)