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Ok so there are always questions regarding how to setup Eyefinity and what monitors / adapters do I need?
So ill make a guide I said, People will come I thought.
To start lest put down the facts. (AS OF FEB 2012)
YOU CANNOT MIX RESOLUTIONS.
Your monitors all must support a common resolution. they can be all different in physical size but all have to support atleast 1 common resolution
e.g. All 23" Monitors support 1080P
Or 2x 22" with 1680*1050 max & 27" that does 1920*1200. the 27" must drop down to 1680*1050 in order to create the eyefinity group
YOU CANNOT MIX ORIENTATION
All monitors must be either portrait or landscape you cannot have 2x Port + 1x Landscape
YOU MUST HAVE ATLEAST 1 MONITOR CONNECTED VIA DISPLAY PORT
For an eyefinity group you can have a MAXIMUM of 2 of the following connections (DVI, HDMI or VGA) after these 2 all other monitors MUST be connected via DISPLAY PORT.
You can do this 2 ways. either by having monitors that natively support display port or using an ACTIVE display port to DVI - Single link adapter
See examples below
Mini DSP to DVI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999034
DSP to DVI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999030
NOTE: Eyefinity 6 edition cards (6x Connectors) can still only have 2 DVI, HDMI or VGA, the remaning 4 connections must be Display port or use an approved adapter.
VGA IS NOT RECCOMENDED
VGA is an analogue connection and can cause issues and often prevent the group from working at all. it is HIGHLY RECCOMENDED that you avoid VGA at all cost.
RECCOMENDATIONS:
Pick cards with 2gb VRAM or more. the resulting resolutions of eyefinity gaming will generally use more than 1gb of VRAM
There are other software solutions (e.g. SoftTH) that will allow mixed resolutions & orientation but these dont work if your also running Crossfire and often only work in games in windowed mode.
So ill make a guide I said, People will come I thought.
To start lest put down the facts. (AS OF FEB 2012)
YOU CANNOT MIX RESOLUTIONS.
Your monitors all must support a common resolution. they can be all different in physical size but all have to support atleast 1 common resolution
e.g. All 23" Monitors support 1080P
Or 2x 22" with 1680*1050 max & 27" that does 1920*1200. the 27" must drop down to 1680*1050 in order to create the eyefinity group
YOU CANNOT MIX ORIENTATION
All monitors must be either portrait or landscape you cannot have 2x Port + 1x Landscape
YOU MUST HAVE ATLEAST 1 MONITOR CONNECTED VIA DISPLAY PORT
For an eyefinity group you can have a MAXIMUM of 2 of the following connections (DVI, HDMI or VGA) after these 2 all other monitors MUST be connected via DISPLAY PORT.
You can do this 2 ways. either by having monitors that natively support display port or using an ACTIVE display port to DVI - Single link adapter
See examples below
Mini DSP to DVI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999034
DSP to DVI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999030
NOTE: Eyefinity 6 edition cards (6x Connectors) can still only have 2 DVI, HDMI or VGA, the remaning 4 connections must be Display port or use an approved adapter.
VGA IS NOT RECCOMENDED
VGA is an analogue connection and can cause issues and often prevent the group from working at all. it is HIGHLY RECCOMENDED that you avoid VGA at all cost.
RECCOMENDATIONS:
Pick cards with 2gb VRAM or more. the resulting resolutions of eyefinity gaming will generally use more than 1gb of VRAM
There are other software solutions (e.g. SoftTH) that will allow mixed resolutions & orientation but these dont work if your also running Crossfire and often only work in games in windowed mode.
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