4890

[Guest]

will two 4890's let me run 4 independent screens. They can either be ran as crossfire or by them sleves. can they run four screens? if so in which setting crossfire or not?

 

[redwave3099]

they can but cant be in crossfire. crossfire supports only 2 monitors in the 4000 series cards.

 

[Guest]

can they support more in a different series?
if so can u suggest a good graphics card

 

[megamanx00]

The Radeon 5000 series cards support having more than one monitor. Using a daisy chain display port configuration, you can have up to six. That's eye-infinity, but currently it does have a few kinks to work out. You can use a Radeon 5970 to power more than one screen while gaming, but currently you can't do so with two 5870s in crossfire.

Anyway, if you want to power 3 monitors for now just get a Radeon 5870. Read reviews of the 5870 if you want to know more about eyeinfinity.

 

[jay2tall]

(2) 4890's with crossfire disabled will run 4 screens.

the 5000 series can run 3 displays each, there is a 6 display port card coming out eventually.

What are you using these 4 screens for?

 

[Guest]

well just for multitasking really. maybe just casual gaming on one screen but not hardcore gaming. they will be used for emailing, writing word documents, watching films and surfing