Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hey guys

I have x2 5850's
x3 23" 1080p Monitors
(soon to be TV)

So here is what i do know.

I know that with eyefinity I cant have my cards in crossfire if i have 4 displays plugged in, so in order for me to have eyefinity and the extended display i would have to turn off crossfire? And it would work but then I would be wasting a 5850 and games would be unplayable.

Now although i got my extra monitors for widescreen gaming I find i dont use it very much I prefer to just play on a single monitor. So right now i im not using eyefinity, I got my primary display, then 2 extended displays.

So my question is. Can I plug in the tv on 2nd card, have my main display, then 3 extended desktops with crossfire enabled? or does it have to be disabled like it has to be with eyefinity?

So would I be able to have a game open on 1 display (primary) in 1920x1080 running with crossfire, as well as my other 3 monitors connected (the tv doesnt need to work while in games (only for movie viewing))

NOTE: I dont want a lengthy process of having to unplug the HDMI cable from the seconds card and changing my display settings and turning on crossfire to play a game in crossfire, then when finished palying doing all those steps again to enable the tv. Remembering im not asking for eyefinity with crossfire + extended display (unless that is possible).

Hopefully this isnt all 2 confusing if it is let me know, and ill try fix it up.

Anytime the two cards are Crossfired, you will not be able to use the outputs for the secondary card. This, at least, has been my own experience. So, in Crossfire, only the outputs of the primary card are usable.

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Anytime the two cards are Crossfired, you will not be able to use the outputs for the secondary card. This, at least, has been my own experience. So, in Crossfire, only the outputs of the primary card are usable.

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