Hello
Is it possible to use a dual PCI-e Motherboard and 2 PowerColor 6870 Eyefinity 6 Graphic Cards (without Crossfire) to display different or seamless content to 12 different displays?
Will my Windows 7 64Bit and ATI Drivers see and extend on all 12 displays ?
And what MB can handle this ?
Thank you.
2x eyefinity 6 = 12 displays ?
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Post Subject: 2x eyefinity 6 = 12 displays ?
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Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 12:25
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Post Subject: If all you want to do is have
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Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 13:12
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If all you want to do is have 12 separate displays then it should be possible with a pair of Eyefinity 6 cards, if you want to create one big display then that's not possible with the ATI drivers alone, you'll need a third party bit of software, like SoftTH. |
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Post Subject: You may drive 12 display in
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Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 13:18
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You may drive 12 display in total with crossfire disabled, as for regarding a motherboard, any mobo with 2 pci-e 16x slots will work. |
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Post Subject: mhmm, Eyefinity 6 cards do
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Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 16:58
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mhmm, Eyefinity 6 cards do have Mini DP Port Right? If you would use Zotacs Mini DP to 2 HDMI Adapter then you could physically add 12 Monitors to one Card! Might that also work with the Software ? Or could there be a problem ?` |
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Post Subject: Haldi wrote:mhmm, Eyefinity 6
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Posted: 19 February, 2012 - 19:03
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mhmm, Eyefinity 6 cards do have Mini DP Port Right? Thanks for a heads up on these finally being out on the market. They've taken their sweet time making these available. I've been waiting a year now. I just picked up 3 to do some testing with. Also, if you look closely at the product pictures for the adapter it's using a DP-mDP cable into the adapter. For those with mDP ports, just pick up a 3 foot mDP cable at Monoprice and plug it into the adapter instead of the DP-mDP cable supplied. So this adapter can do both mDP and DP with the swap of a short cable. Last edited by BHawthorne at 19 February, 2012 - 20:55. |
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Post Subject: I would be interested to know
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Posted: 20 February, 2012 - 03:12
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I would be interested to know if these work with the 5xxx series cards or not. |
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Post Subject: I should know soon. I have
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Posted: 20 February, 2012 - 10:56
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I should know soon. I have 5870 E6. It might be the excuise I need to upgrade to ASUS 6970 or 7970 DirectCUII cards if it doesn't work. I still really want to get the Sapphire E6 6GB card though. Taking bets the E6 is being a hold out to be used strategically against NVIDIA releases. |
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Post Subject: Hi thanks for the answers,
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Posted: 20 February, 2012 - 11:29
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Hi thanks for the answers, |
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Post Subject: timdas wrote:Hi thanks for
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Posted: 20 February, 2012 - 11:40
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Hi thanks for the answers, Not sure what you mean by "option because I want to display a panoramic video clip to the extended displays". It could enable Eyefinity 6x1, 8x1, 10x1 and 12x1 to be done. seems like new maximum options of panoramic display to me. |
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Post Subject: i meant that using a 2xhdmi
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Posted: 21 February, 2012 - 14:33
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i meant that using a 2xhdmi splitter i'll get cloned displays. I need all 12 displays to display different content |
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Post Subject: timdas wrote:i meant that
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Posted: 21 February, 2012 - 14:46
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i meant that using a 2xhdmi splitter i'll get cloned displays. This is not a simple video splitter, it is an MST HUB. DisplayPort v1.2 is able to drive 4x 1920x1080 out of a single port, however you require an MST HUB to seperate the 4 video channels, which this Zotec 2x HDMI device achieves. Thus you can essentialy drive 12 monitors using the zotec device off a single AMD E6 gfx card, we are waiting on conformation to see if they work with the AMD 5xxx series card, as I beleive they will only work with the AMD 6xxx and 7xxx series. I need all 12 displays to display different content Alternatively if you are not interested in using Eyefinity and Crossfire, then you could also simply use 2x AMD E6 gfx cards which give you 12 independent outputs in total. Or you could also go down the route of a motherboard with 4x pci-e 16x slots running at 8x electrical and use 4 cheaper amd cards that would give you 3x outputs each. I built a pc for work that powers 12 screens using an AMD CPU + 4x AMD GPU's, 6450's or something ill have to get the specs, as this worked out cheaper than 8 active adaptors and 2 E6 cards. Last edited by Delphium at 21 February, 2012 - 15:01. |
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