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[quote]Thx a lot to everybody! Now I have no doubts, I just don't know if going SLI or not, or maybe wait for the 690... Because 680 SLI is almost 1100 euros here in spain...
The 690 isn't likely to be cheap either. If it's less than 800-900 Euros I'll be quite surprised. And the TDP of the 680 ...

Swapped back to DisPort+DVI setup to test Jedi Outcast. Was fine, although I watched my GPU get warmer than it has done with any other games, when the framerate hit numbers-that-were-insanity...

Thx a lot to everybody! Now I have no doubts, I just don't know if going SLI or not, or maybe wait ...

Got mine working finally. Apparently the refurb displays had borked firmware- get what ya pay for.

Ended up going with Dell UltraSharp displays that support portrait mode, and everything works wonderfully with 2 DVI and 1 DP. I've tried out portrait mode as well with the 680, in addition to ...

Could you try an old game, like CSS or something like that. Even waving windows in both monitors in your desktop to see if there is tearing.

Thx for the input!

I'm also interested in whether tearing (over different connectors, i.e. 2x DVI + 1x DP) is an issue or not as well.

Yes, exactly. I'm thinking of buying one and would really like to know.

Anyone has tried a single 680 in surround portrait mode? Do you guys know if there is tearing with VSYNC on?

This is good to know, I was thinking of buying a second 7970 for my 3x1 portrait... I think I might switch to nvidia camp...

Sapphire anwser:

Dear Sir
Check and wait for next driver update. Thank you.
Regards

I encourage all of you guys with tearing problems to let @CatalystCreator know it in twitter, I have already sent a couple of tweets related to this matter with no answer yet. Maybe if a lot of us let ...

[quote]He says the problem is HDMI->DVI and that two monitors with miniDP to DVI active adapter will fix the problem.

That's odd. HDMI and DVI have identical digital signals, so that should not be the issue. Can I get a link to the forum?

EDIT: The adapter looks fine, but nothing more or ...

Someone has said to me in another forum that this active adapter fixes tearing:

Accell B087B-006B UltraAV Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D Single-Link Active Adapter ATI Certified

He says the problem is HDMI->DVI and that two monitors with miniDP to DVI active adapter will fix the problem ...

[quote]When the core clock jumps it does tear, but that is normal. But in games the core clock always maintains maximum value and it still tears, wouldn't mind the tearing in windows because of the clock changes.

Tearing in Windows has to do with the memory changing frequency changing not the ...

[quote]I'm still waiting on the answer from the sapphire guys, as soon as they say something I'll post it here.
Are you able to confirm that the screen tears when the gpu core and or memory speeds change?

When the core clock jumps it does tear, but that is normal. But in games the core clock ...

I'm still waiting on the answer from the sapphire guys, as soon as they say something I'll post it here.

If you set on of the monitors that has dvi connection as your primary monitor, the one connected via dp will have minor tearing. If you set you dp connected monitor as primary the other two will have some minor tearing.

Anyone tried these? 8.932.2_12.1

The funny thing is that right now I ...

Ok, I just tried the guru3d beta driver and it has made the tearing go away in 2 of my screens. What is funny is that the only screen that is tearing now is the native DVI to DVI one... I may get another miniDP to DP cable and problem solved I hope...

I am using the 12.3 rc (8.95...) drivers (can by found on guru3d). And all my tearing has gone. Maybe you guys can try those and tell us if the helped. If so then future drivers might solve this problem. Btw using the native dvi + hdmi to dvi + dp to mini dp setup as well. Have a 7950, but that ...

I notice you using drivers provided by Sapphire, why is this instead of using drivers direct form AMD?
What is the difference exactly?

At first I was using the official AMD drivers the ".2" but then I tried the drivers that were on the Sapphire website that are newer, the ".5". With the ...

[quote]Ok, the driver has helped, now I only have tearing on my side screens so I don't notice it as much.

I knew it. Still tearing :/ That's exactly why I'm getting an Asus HD7970. If you love portrait mode and want to get rid of the tearing, I suggest you do the same. But I'll let you know ...

Ok, the driver has helped, now I only have tearing on my side screens so I don't notice it as much. I just hope they fix this problem, it has to be driver related... If not I don't get why it has gotten better with the new driver (I previously had 8.921.2)...

2x XFX HD7970 DP BE Crossfire. running 3x Dell U2311H 1x Nativ DVI, 1x Nativ mini DP-> DP 1x HDMI to DVI (by included adapter)

Right now I'm running the exact same setup as you adapter wise. What driver are you using?