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Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 28 Oct 2010, 15:26
by frentzen
Hi!

Is it possible to run 4 DVI Monitors with this card, when I buy two active DVI/DisplayPort Adapters?

thx in advance!

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 28 Oct 2010, 18:05
by Paradigm Shifter
Should be with two active adaptors. :)

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 28 Oct 2010, 18:27
by frentzen
Should be with two active adaptors. :)



thx! :)

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 29 Oct 2010, 02:52
by KryptoNyte
Hey, guys, sorry to hijack this thread, but a buddy was asking what he would need to get just (3) DVI based screens to run with the Eyefinity 6 card. Because it comes with (6) mini-displayports, this seems to be a daunting task.

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 29 Oct 2010, 04:57
by suiken_2mieu
Hey, guys, sorry to hijack this thread, but a buddy was asking what he would need to get just (3) DVI based screens to run with the Eyefinity 6 card. Because it comes with (6) mini-displayports, this seems to be a daunting task.

It comes with 2 Passive DVI adapters, 2 minidp->DP adapter, and 1 passive HDMI adapter. 2 passive adapters can be used at once. So all he would need is one active adapter.

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 30 Oct 2010, 01:39
by KryptoNyte
I had suggested that newer $30 Sapphire adapter to this gent, and then realized that it has a full size displayport on it. Would one of those adapters that comes with the card take care of the displayport/minidp situation with the Sapphire adapter, or would it require something else? Or perhaps he already needs the two DP/MiniDP for the passive DVI adapters?

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 30 Oct 2010, 21:16
by suiken_2mieu
I had suggested that newer $30 Sapphire adapter to this gent, and then realized that it has a full size displayport on it. Would one of those adapters that comes with the card take care of the displayport/minidp situation with the Sapphire adapter, or would it require something else? Or perhaps he already needs the two DP/MiniDP for the passive DVI adapters?

Yes, you can just use the miniDp->DP adapter that comes in the box.

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 01 Nov 2010, 04:28
by KryptoNyte
Thanks, suiken.

Re: Sapphire 5870 eyefinity 6 / 4 DVI monitors

Posted: 01 Nov 2010, 05:02
by suiken_2mieu
Thanks, suiken.

No problem, I bought this card for it's versatility.