three monitor question

[kasek]

Hey so i was looking around and was trying to figure out how to hook up a third monitor jsut for having pages open to read while gaming. From my understanding my gigabyte radeon hd0 5670 will support only 2 monitors at a time unless one has a display port which they dont. My motherboard which is the sabertooth z77 has a display port on it so if i buy a vga to displayport adapter and plug in the monitor to the mobo will that work for the third monitor?

 

[Blaise170]

The motherboard won't work with the discrete, no. If you want to use three monitors, you can do so with an Active DisplayPort to HDMI/DVI cable depending on what the monitor takes.

 

[kasek]

The motherboard won't work with the discrete, no. If you want to use three monitors, you can do so with an Active DisplayPort to HDMI/DVI cable depending on what the monitor takes.

thanks for the fast answer my main monitor is a 32" samsung led tv using an hdmi cable, the other 2 monitors are just junk i had laying around from my old pcs i just didnt want to buy new ones if theyd work. They both take VGA only. So from what i take it of what u said id need a new monitor the ones i have wont work?

 

[Blaise170]

You can still do VGA but it's considerably more expensive to find an active adapter.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Active-DisplayPort-to-VGA-Cable-3ft-Black~DP2VGAMM3B

 

[kasek]

You can still do VGA but it's considerably more expensive to find an active adapter.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Active-DisplayPort-to-VGA-Cable-3ft-Black~DP2VGAMM3B

thanks for that ill take a look at my local pc shop, cuz 35 is still cheaper then a new monitor for right now anyways. So if i bought that adapter though and plugged it into the mobo it would work? or do i need additional software or anything

 

[Blaise170]

You will have to enable it in Catalyst Control Center, but otherwise it's pretty much plug and play.

 

[sora]

You can still do VGA but it's considerably more expensive to find an active adapter.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Active-DisplayPort-to-VGA-Cable-3ft-Black~DP2VGAMM3B

thanks for that ill take a look at my local pc shop, cuz 35 is still cheaper then a new monitor for right now anyways. So if i bought that adapter though and plugged it into the mobo it would work? or do i need additional software or anything

Yeah. Just enable split screen or whatever it is (Xfinity? Eyefinity?) called in the Catalyst Control Center and you should be fine.

 

[kasek]

awesome thank you for the help i appreciate it

 

[Blaise170]

Also, when you go to a local store, make sure it is active DisplayPort and not passive.

 

[kasek]

Also, when you go to a local store, make sure it is active DisplayPort and not passive.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/DisplayPort-to-VGA-Video-Adapter-Converter~DP2VGA2

so thats the one i got but i plug it in and nothing appears on ym monitor if i go to resolution settings the computer detects it but i cant set it as a display. and if i go into catalyst control center it doesnt detect it any ideas my mobo is sabertooth z77

 

[kasek]

anyone got an idea ive tried googling and not getting anything that helps everything says to enable it in catalyst but i dont have an option for it in eyefinity it jus tlists my 2 moniots

 

[Blaise170]

I'm currently away, but see if this helps.

http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/8/how-to-setup-and-configure-amd-eyefinity-multi-display-technology/index.html

 

[kasek]

no go sorry it only detects what ever 2 are plugged into my graphics card and not the one plugged into the display port on my mobo

 

[Blaise170]

Oh, that is your problem. You have to connect the DisplayPort to the GPU, not the motherboard. You should have all three cables plugged into the card.

 

[kasek]

oh sorry i misunderstood you further up on the page then, my graphics card is radeon hd 5670 so it only has hdmi vga and dvi no display port so ill have to wait until i can upgrade the card then

thanks for the help

 

[Blaise170]

Ah interesting, all of them I saw online had DP/HDMI/DVI. Sorry it didn't work for you.

 

[kasek]

thats cool thanks for all your help, i also got confused cuz i read a few pages where people said they did hook up 2 monitors to gpu and 1 to mobo by enabling on board gpu with a gpu but i couldnt find the option in my bios