Displayport-to-VGA Adapter = Successful 3 Monitor Eyefinity

[m0tek]

Just Connected 3 Screens
2 X DVI
1 X VGA -DP

Success! :)
Eyefinity Rocks!

[pete7000]

what was the resolution that you setup for the vga?

[johnnyvd]

Rig is half finished atm, everything is there, apart from the water, 6 more GB and 1 or 2 more graphics cards (whenever the funds allow me.. got a maxed credit card to pay before the wife finds out :hide )
got the 980x up to 4,6 ghz on too much volts, and stable at 4,5 ~72 celsius

Anyway, i'll drop kabeltje.nl a mail about the monsters tomorrow!

Ha,ha. So your wife doesn't notice the 6 screens then :mrgreen:

Did Kabeltje.nl have the Monster DP-VGA in stock? What did you pay for them?

[Sicarius]

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Ha,ha. So your wife doesn't notice the 6 screens then :mrgreen:

Did Kabeltje.nl have the Monster DP-VGA in stock? What did you pay for them?

LMAO, well the screens were free from work.. the CPU was what maxed the CC :D
I wanted to mail Kabeltje, but then i received the ones i ordered @ Eizoshop (which work great btw) so it wasn't neccesary

I believe the flickering is due to crappy VGA cables, cause i haven't had any problems what so ever (either that or they fixed the issues with the EF6 card)

To anyone who uses this converter, get good cables! theyre a must-have for high resolutions on D-Sub

On a side note: ordered the remaining parts of the waterset.. it's gonna rawk!

[johnnyvd]

I believe the flickering is due to crappy VGA cables, cause i haven't had any problems what so ever (either that or they fixed the issues with the EF6 card)

To anyone who uses this converter, get good cables! theyre a must-have for high resolutions on D-Sub

Good tip: will try "quality" cables to test this.. Could you post the BIOS version of the EF6 card?

[m0tek]

what was the resolution that you setup for the vga?

all screens are on 1680x1050 - so i think 5040x1050 or somthing :)
at first i had tons of problems with the VGA - i could only go native 1600x1200 but it turned out to be the cable - for some reason i couldnt force it!

but now all is well

[Sicarius]

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Good tip: will try "quality" cables to test this.. Could you post the BIOS version of the EF6 card?

[johnnyvd]

Duh.. Even one month older than mine.. (5970).

Will try cable! Just one question, what would be a good cable? Konig? Double shielded?

[Sicarius]

Duh.. Even one month older than mine.. (5970).

Will try cable! Just one question, what would be a good cable? Konig? Double shielded?

Hm, if its for one connection, the best money can buy.. i don't know brands, all i know is Eizo gives some great quality ones with monitors.

If you call Eizoshop, maybe they'll have a couple for you.. otherwise i might be able to get one from work for ya :)

[pete7000]

tried new cable, still the dp to vga is flickering above 1440x900

[suiken_2mieu]

tried new cable, still the dp to vga is flickering above 1440x900

Okay that's weird. What brand adapter are you using?

[pete7000]

[quote]tried new cable, still the dp to vga is flickering above 1440x900

Okay that's weird. What brand adapter are you using?


BYTECC another one is from china, no brand

[suiken_2mieu]

[quote][quote]tried new cable, still the dp to vga is flickering above 1440x900

Okay that's weird. What brand adapter are you using?


BYTECC another one is from china, no brand
I dunno, I'd say go for Accell, Monoprice, or monster at this point. Something with a known brand would probably work. Monoprice is $20 and it's what i use. It does work.

[Modi]

Just wanted to quickly share my experiences so far as a new eyefinity user. This weekend I setup 3 x 22" (1920x1080 res) acer monitors coming off a radeon 5870. 2 are running off dvi and one is running the HP displayport to vga adapter. All three monitors function well with this setup in both eyefinity mode and extended mode. There is no monitor flicker or signal problems while playing games or doing productivity tasks.

The only 2 small issues I have come across is that when powering the pc down, the monitor attached to the displayport/vga adapter will not go into power save like the other 2. It comes up with a cable disconnected error. This is no big deal as it just means that i have to power off that monitor when the pc is off. The other thing I find is that with profiles and hotkeys I can switch to Eyefinity mode everytime with one selection however switching back to extended profile my monitors are out of order the first switch but then all I have to do is switch to extended a second time and it gets the monitors in the correct order.

The actual gaming experience in eyefinity mode is awesome. Reviews and youtube vids just can't do this technology justice. Playing Battlefield BC2 with humongous field of view is the most immersive gaming experience I have ever had. Playing WoW and Lotro is also superb. I have tried 3d gaming with active shutter glasses
and that has got nothing on the immersion of surround gaming. I am very pleased with eyefinity and would encourage anyone sitting on the fence to take the leap and if you don't have a native displayport monitor the HP displayport/vga adapter does the job very well (only costs around 20 bucks).

[pete7000]

Hi, my pc is only detecting 2 monitor, one with the dp to vga, the other one is the dvi, is not detecting the one with hdmi
do you have any suggestions. All 3 are the same monitors

[Modi]

Hi, my pc is only detecting 2 monitor, one with the dp to vga, the other one is the dvi, is not detecting the one with hdmi
do you have any suggestions. All 3 are the same monitors

Hi Pete it would be worth grabbing another dvi cable and running both non adapter monitors on dvi, rather than one on hdmi. Several people, myself included, have had success with 2 x dvi plus 1 x dp-vga adapter.

[pete7000]

[quote]Hi, my pc is only detecting 2 monitor, one with the dp to vga, the other one is the dvi, is not detecting the one with hdmi
do you have any suggestions. All 3 are the same monitors

Hi Pete it would be worth grabbing another dvi cable and running both non adapter monitors on dvi, rather than one on hdmi. Several people, myself included, have had success with 2 x dvi plus 1 x dp-vga adapter.


thanks, I will try, will use a hdmi to dvi adapter, mine had one dp, one hdmi and one dvi
thanks

[Suedenim]

I'd like to confirm that the HP DP->VGA adaptor is working great with my 5850 VaporX and 3 Dell 2007wfps - 2 hours and no flickering or other issues. Just having a few issues with CCC, profiles and monitor arrangement.

[Gimpylung]

Just having a few issues with CCC, profiles and monitor arrangement.

I think those are unavoidable, I have an extended desktop profile and an eyefinity one, both bound to hotkeys (ALT + Z, ALT +X). In order to get the extended desktop with screens arranged properly all I gotta do is hit my hotkey for extended a 2nd time. It never arranges them properly the first time.

[corpx]

I currently have

Asus 26 inch (DVI)
Dell 23 inch (DVI)
Asus 24 inch (?) (Just ordered)

So if I order the Accell UltraAV B101B-003B Display Port with VGA Active Adapter, I should be able to run a 3 screen setup, right? I have a 5850.