(3) 3D Monitors in EYEFINITY is it possible?

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Hey Guys,

So i have searched and searched but no straight answer with actual facts and DATA!.

**CAN YOU DO (3)THREE 3D Monitors in EYEFINITY MODE(One Giant Display Across)

If so what monitors have been used and tested for this. Whats your setup? PASSIVE or ACTIVE? Best Graphics Card for THIS?

I already know about the monitors that are compatible and where to find the drivers* http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-hd3d/Pages/supported-hardware.aspx *

I would like to see actual setups before a very pricy purchase. Looking towards the LG Cinema 3D D2342P.
Single Big monitor is not an Option. The Advantage of EYEFINITY is Great for more peripheral view in the Gaming World.

UPDATE**** In Post Number#4 I explain THAT I ALREADY know how EYEFINITY is Supported and how Active Adapters are needed. I build EYEFINITY setups almost every week for clients. I have never build a 3D EYEFINITY setup hence this POST!. Thanks In Advance!


My Current Setup

FX-6100 (6-Core)(Auto Tune) 4.12GHZ
ASUS M5A99X AM3+
16GB Corsair Vengance 1600mhz
Corsair H6O Liquid Cooler
Corsair GT 180gb SSD
Corsair 600T Graphite Series Case
900w Antec Current Gamer PSU
ASUS EAH 6950 2GB OC/920Mhz
Triple 22" Monitors EYEFINITY
 
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Please let us know how it goes... I am also interested into the right hardware combination for HD3D eyefinity and I'd rather not do this by trial and error (too expensive to do it that way).
 
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YES WE WILL... We Also have Ordered the NEW XFX Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition. Clocked at 1000mhz and 3GB DDR5 VRAM with DUAL FAN Dissipation Cooling from XFX. THAT we will also put to the Test on how simple it is to do the HD3D EYEFINITY the have been bragging about. So stay tuned!..


ALSO we will be posting Reviews and How To Videos on our YouTube Channel As well in regards to this Setups on the 6870 and 7970.

www.youtube.com/DJsComputerService ...dont forget to Subscribe!. Thanks
 
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hello i hope im not too behind im just a gamer and i bought 3 of the same monitors and i was able to get 3D in eyefinity using 6950 crossfired and unlock to 6970 video card and it works perfect
 
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Good to know, how did you connect them? i've currently got 1 (lg2342) monitor and 1 7950 3GB oc, currently connected via dvi. Am i right in thinking if i buy 2 more, i need 2 x active DP adpaters to DVI and possibly another gpu in crossfire (to keep frame rates up) and then i can run 3d in eyefinity, is that right?



 
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Not true. Guess I'm the only one creative enough to use a passive vga to mini-dp cable 😀 I have used eyefinity with passive dp to vga THE WHOLE TIME(since my 5770, no problems). If you are persistent enough u can find a google IF u really look hard. resolution might be a bit limited i can't test due to lcd limitation but active being a requirement for eyefinity is a very false statement...

You guys actually build this all the time and u didn't know this? save some money why don't cha???

EDIT:googling 2 years later actually yields tons I guess it's no longer a secret to use passive VGA.

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=65741M&vpn=DP2VGA2&manufacture=STARTECH.COM%20-%20DT%20SB
 
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Well, congratulations, you're the first I've heard of that's actually got eyefinity to work with a passive adapter. But rather than just bragging about it, how about putting up a post telling toms readers how you did it. Or are you all talk?
 
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Same as with active adapter(actually i dont know because i've never needed an active adapter)?? 2x dvi(NO ADAPTERS), and A SINGLE PASSIVE minidp to vga ADAPTER for the right(or left)side monitor, any dp on back of my 6950 works... other 2 are dvi monitors directly plugged into the x2 dvi on the back of 6950. never tried it with all dp videocard though but I don't see why not.

So 2 screens are running digitally through dvi, and a third analog through DP. All 3 show up as digital flat panels and go to their max rated specs in extended desktop but the resolution is limited to the crappiest monitor of the three(x3 of course) during eyefinity. AMD7xxx series remedies this issue and is really quite impressive to see random configuratuons/sizes and orientations lined up perfectly!

Also that link, that's the passive adapter that you want, quite the savings and i'm sure they're available cheaper elsewhere, i seem to remember getting mine for $15 (sapphire, on sale).

This is still a relatively well kept secret, as close to zero store technicians even know this simple 15 minute research, and for a reason too(because they're stupid), partly, well money. Why advertise the cheaper shite??

I'm also of the opinion you only need 74hz to enjoy 3d(both shutter OR anaglyph). Order free Colorcode glasses from national film board(I;m canadian!) +IZ3d driver ok broh? They don't hate even if ur in honolulu is canadites still love u and will send u free specs for some reason, DUNNO CUZ THEYRE FREE FROM TAX MONEY? I guess.

Man i must not care at all today, sorry peeps. Have a nice day. Also this is not a trololo or i would have wrote trololol after "I've never needed active adapter" because I wanted to but then you'd think I'm actually a real trololol but I'm just a guy, a guy with A Dream, of a videogame EVERY, DAY. Hope this helped in spite of OT jibberish but *** I'm not putting the time or effort into random threads that nobody appreciates!!
 
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Sorry, not the same as 'active' because if it were the same, then all those peeps that came to toms looking for help getting eyefinity to work wouldn't have asked if passive worked the same. Further, if passive adapters did the job in the first place, why would the manufacturers make a more expensive active adapter if passive worked just as well?
 
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Pain and simple: Passive DP to vga works, passive DP to DVI does NOT(limited resolution I've heard). All these fools using passive dvi adapters can now STFU and get urself an analog cable for ur monitor. Instead of arguing because u think it's too good to be true, just try it. U could even do it with CRT as ur third screen if u want to get fucky about it.
 
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Oh and to your last question, the answer is the almighty dollar. people really do worship it you know 😉 Passive and active dongles are very similar cost to manufacture so why the hell not? ITS A CONSPIRASCY. Same with me having to buy a minidp to vga and throw out my large dp to vga when upgrading from 5770(stock, reference, more minis fit on board so im happy)to my new baby xfx 6950 XXX OC edition(POS has only one fan, there's another $$$ conspiracy of money right there for u, sort of).
 
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Shucks, well i'll go through it step by step then, and i'll tell you exactly how i plugged 'em in down to the finest little detail!! I'm in Kanada(yes that is the correct spelling, psssh), I am pretty sure we get the same 57xxs and 69xxs as everyone else, maybe I have magical powers or some other such horse ***. No, I just plugged 'em in!(schills always say you can't possibly do this... hint hint lotta dollars diverted here lying pays and it's legal on the net anonymously, they have machines that to this automatically, they are called schill bots... VERY big profit and influences in the bot market)

ok so u got 2x dvi on the back, one HDMI and 2x dual link mini dp (In order that I wrote lets call them 1,2,3,4,5).
f.1 f.2 f.3
1|3|4|5 |DVI|HDMI|DP|DP X|HDMI|X|DP
2| |DVI| X

OK so plug left and middle into 1 and 2(location shown by the x's, figure 3. Also note figures #1 and #2 for clarification of what goes where). These are DVI ports connected to the monitors which have native dvi.

NOW, very important, you need this exact thing for your third screen to be driven AT ALL through DP. Hint: this is what's on the back of my machine right now as we speak, and i have also used the standard dp size model with 100% success as well for over 4 years now. these are PASSIVE and NOT DVI or digital of any sort!!

http://ncix.com/products/?sku=55421&vpn=MDP2VGA&manufacture=Startech.com

Honestly RU stealthily trolling me or something? Because this does truly work for me every new machine i buy and it really won't get any more simple than trying it for yourself... my monitors are NOT special and 2 of them are quite out dated and probly cost at least 500 when new just to give you an idea that u dont need 2 be special for it to work.

1. plug left screen(Lg Flatron, 19")into bottom DVI(figure 1, number 2; figure 2, bottom dvi; fig. 3, second row 1st X)this older flattron fits both dvi-d/dvi-i and VGA plugs, reads as digital and i use the straight dvi-d to dvi-d as far as i know, have tried both kinds of pins and they both the same) Simply put plug the first monitor into DVI.

2. repeat step 1, with a middle monitor and see figures 1 through 3 for location of the 2 dvi ports)

3. This is truly the most mentally taxing part. You have to plug the minidp into the computer after u plug the startech dongle into your VGA(NOT DVI)cable. Truly the most mind crushing part of this is actually getting the little miniDP plug plugged in, because it sticks and has to be lined up neatly due to it's size and strentgh of the connection. By far this is the most awesome and connected type of port i have ever seen, and safe bvecause it can be yanked without taking the computer with it!!

Hmm....
1. monjitor 1 plug in (dvi)
2. monotor 2 plug in(dvi)
3. monitor 3(vga cord)plug in to ADAPTER, PASSIVE then plug in to MINI DP, the LEFT ONE(closest to middle of the 6950)

Video cards used:
Saphhire 5770 1gb
XFX Radeon HD 6950 1gb XXX OC edition.

If you still refuse to decipher this then I dunno man can't help any more. I get similar reactions from store techies. "what? analog? what's that?"
 
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lol, fail. This is the adapter you're using? http://ncix.com/products/?sku=5542 [...] artech.com
The MDP2VGA from startech? Don't quite know how to tell you this, but that is an ACTIVE adapter. Look at the 3rd adapter up from the bottom, and check the heading it's under.
http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx
AMD list it as active. Fyi, further research suggests that apparently, according to some,"...you can't just pass a vga signal through dp, it has to be 'actively' converted and therefore there are no actual passive dp/vga adapters. Whilst not 'active' in the true sense, these adapters 'actively' convert the signal..."
 
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DP does in fact carry analog signal at the same time but it's not used for dp or dvi-d connections. This adapter is not powered and relatively cheap, and there are ones not listed on amd that work too(and a little bit cheaper)that carry the same function. The inflated pricing on "active" adapters is purely for digital reasons(try dp to dvi passive and you will understand, it won't work at high res but vga seems alright. this is where the confusion lies). If your monitor is analog capable, you will get away with using this cheaper non-powered adapter. Honestly there is no more argument to be had here. Weather or not it is active or not doesn't matter in this instance, still it may say converter and that is true in a sense but it really gets its vga signal through the DP and i don't think theres much more than wires inside of it, never opened it up though. That is the only reason that this worked for me. I can replicate this "bullshit", why can't you? Sounding like a schill are we? Well trololol to you too there Stealth Ducktroller.
 
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Well, thank you bc2f for your not very enlightening replies, your vitriol is misplaced to say the least. Did you really think I wanted to know how to plug cables in? I originally thought you had found a way to configure CCC to run eyefinity with passive adapters, and was genuinely interested in how you had achieved this. However, it has since come to pass that you were in fact using an active adapter approved by amd all along and were in fact trolling me, so congrats, you got me.
 
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FAIL Ur not funny dude, and you didn't get me either. Nobody else cares about this thread because everything you need to know about this is already on google. Passive to VGA is what you want if you don't want to lose $100 or however much this crap is going for these days. Lies from business people aren't welcome on ANY forum. Kindly STFU now please.
 
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LOL I really hope u try this and see for urself, just get the same brand as me if ur not sure. I am an honest person and I certainly wouldn`t waste my time joshing someone for a week on tomshardware of all places I like this site and have learned about half of what I know from here, I`ll bet there are other threads covering this too. Good luck!!
 
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Sir, please stop trying to spread misinformation. The adapter you're using is NOT passive as you claim but is listed by AMD as an 'ACTIVE' adapter on their support pages (link provided in above post) Further research suggest that there may not even be such a thing as a passive dp/vga adapter as all those that have been disected have revealed the inclusion of DAC chip. Also, it appears that the whole active/passive argument doesn't become applicable until you get to digital, i.e. dp/dvi or dp/hdmi. As for me trying it, there's no need. I have had eyefinity sucessfully running on my rig for the past 14 months and have used both dp/dvi and dp/vga. Both worked well with minor or no set up problems. But don't take my word for it. Here's some further reading that explains it better than I appear to have done.

http://www.overclock.net/t/721931/active-vs-passive-displayport-adapters-the-truth

http://vvvv.org/forum/ati-eyefinity-displayport

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2045953

I hope this clears up any confusion. Good luck.
 
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Hi guys! I use the translator to ask a question (from Russian)
Can I use two videocards ATI 6850 to get a picture with two projectors 1280x800 with a frequency of 120Hz. I need to get a screen using a Eyefinity 1280x1600 (2 projectors in portrait mode) and watch movies using Stereoscopic Player. I read that only 7970 graphics card supports Eyefinity 3D, but it is expensive for me. Can it be replaced with two 6850 cards in Crossfire mode to get the screen is 1280x1600 @120Hz
Best regards, Denis
 
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