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6870 E6 with 5 Monitors
Posted: 11 Nov 2011, 08:24
by Ghostwire
Hi Widescreen-Fellows !
I want to upgrade my GPU and my monitors and have the following question:
If I choose a HD6870 Eyefinity6 and three monitors with display port + two monitors with DVI/HDMI.
Is it correct that i DON'T need any ACTIVE (!) DP adaptors to connect all five monitors?
Ghostwire wrote:Hi
Posted: 11 Nov 2011, 13:20
by wagoo
Hi Widescreen-Fellows !
I want to upgrade my GPU and my monitors and have the following question:
If I choose a HD6870 Eyefinity6 and three monitors with display port + two monitors with DVI/HDMI.
Is it correct that i DON'T need any ACTIVE (!) DP adaptors to connect all five monitors?
The "Eyefinity 6" version looks to have 6 mini displayports, so you would need adapters for the DVI only screens.
I use Asus DirectCu II (6950 or 6970) - which has 4 normal sized DP plus 2 DVI. This sounds more suited to your setup. I'd also say, the extra grunt over a 6870 would come in handy at 5 monitor resolutions.
Hi, I've go the 5870
Posted: 11 Nov 2011, 19:56
by suiken_2mieu
Hi, I've go the 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition, what's going to happen is that for 2 of the monitors you can use passive miniDP->DVI adapters that come with you card to connect them.
All the others will need active adapters.
suiken_2mieu wrote:All the
Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 08:10
by Ghostwire
Thanks for the answers!
All the others will need active adapters.
Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?
I use Asus DirectCu II (6950 or 6970) - which has 4 normal sized DP plus 2 DVI. This sounds more suited to your setup. I'd also say, the extra grunt over a 6870 would come in handy at 5 monitor resolutions.
Nice card. And you are right, it would suit well for the setup. But it's more expensive (100€), so I think I'll take the E6 with the two adaptors.
Ghostwire wrote:Except they
Posted: 14 Nov 2011, 16:41
by Delphium
Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?
Correct :)
Delphium wrote:Ghostwire
Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 07:20
by Ghostwire
[quote]Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?
Correct :)
THX ! :onethumb
Ghostwire wrote:Thanks for
Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 18:19
by suiken_2mieu
Thanks for the answers!
[quote]All the others will need active adapters.
Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?
Whoops, sorry I was just scanning.
suiken_2mieu wrote:Ghostwire
Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 09:19
by Ghostwire
[quote]Thanks for the answers!
[quote]All the others will need active adapters.
Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?
Whoops, sorry I was just scanning.
No Problem ;)