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I also haven't had a bad cable, but I have only purchased display port.org certified cables, but MANY people have had this problem. What card are you using? I haven't heard a solution to the "displayport monitor disconnect" problem when powering off. If you are using a nvidia GeForce card...

i just spent the last 4 or 5 hours trying to find an answer... you will not like the "solutions" first up, check your cable... MOST cables are trash and are not built to the correct spec - yep, even the brand name ones. You need to find one that has Pin 20 disconnected or disconnect it...

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same problem. or at least similar... Also 760 card. I have a triple monitor set-up all fine if using HDMI or DVI ... when using Displayport it does not auto detect when switching on - but it is works fine when i open up the Nvidia control panel and refresh something (using another monitor)...

Also, i noticed 3gb is recommended for BF4 and probably a lot of other games, so that is another concern i have with 2gb cards.

My intel EXTREME mobo operates in pcie2 x16 with 1 card, but x8 with 2 cards. I want to get 2 x Gigabyte GTX 760 OC 4GB cards but am very concerned about saturation/bottlenecking. If there is saturation, what is the most bad-ass pair of cards for pci-e2.0 x8?

Can I use the full potential of the 7970 in an Intel DZ68ZV Extreme motherboard (pcie2)? I am concerned about bandwidth saturation or other bottlenecks. In particular, it is the Sapphire HD 7970 GHz Edition 6GB card that I am thinking about. I have read the reference 7970 is quite close to...