Recent content by pete820

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    Problem setting up 3 displays.

    I recently got 3 monitors (LG 27MP33HQ-B) and I've been trying to get all 3 up and running but have been encountering a lot of issues getting the 3rd to work. I have an HIS Radeon HD 7850 4gb iPower Turbo which has: 1x HDMI 2x DVI (one dual) 2x Mini DisplayPort I bought 2 HDMI to Mini D-port...
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    looking for direction in a one-at-a-time upgrade

    I'm looking to upgrade my setup, but unlike the good old days I now have bills and kids and all that fun stuff, so I'm looking for opinions on which order I should upgrade because I will be doing this over several months. Current build: CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-core @ 3.1GHz GPU: HIS iPower IceQ...
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    GPU requirements for running 3x27" eyefinity

    Yeah just 1080p; thanks for the help guys. I'm going to give it a shot with what I have aND move from there. At the time I upgraded the 8-core was on sale do I went with that, even though I know I rarely, or ever, use all 8 cores. My first upgrade may be getting a 4.0GHz+ 6 core
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    GPU requirements for running 3x27" eyefinity

    I had previously posted my setup and asked it it could run modern games with the aforementioned 3x27" displays I will have shortly, in eyefinity mode. Response wasn't positive for me. So now I ask what kinkind of GPU/CPU do I need to be running to make this viable? Keep in mind I don't very...
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    Can this setup effectively run Eyefinity in modern games?

    CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-core @ 3.1GHz GPU: HIS iPower IceQ Turbo HD 7850 4GB GDDR5 (GPU@1010MHz/Mem@1212MHz) RAM: 8GB GSkill Ripjaw 9-9-9-24 MB: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 I'm about to get three 27" monitors, and wanted to know if my setup could effectively run current games in eyefinity mode; i know that...