Ok I just recently built my rig and picked up the powercolor 7870 myst Tahiti LE version and have a few questions.
I have a dual monitor setup (24") with 1 being a gaming monitor and another being a IPS monitor. When I play i only play on the gaming monitor and leave the 2ndary monitor as the work/browse monitor. Ive been wanting to connect my computer to my panasonic 50" 1080P tv, but its across the room and I find it a hassle to disconnect the computer just to move it where the tv is just to game. So the only solution I can think of is getting a 25ft HDMI cable and run along with the 25ft ethernet cable thats already nailed across the floor board.
The 7870 only has 1 hdmi output, 1 dvi output and 2 displayport. Monitor 1 uses hdmi and monitor 2 uses dvi, so how should I connect my plasma to it? Should I get a hdmi to dvi adapter and connect the monitor hdmi to that and then into the graphics card?
The connection between the pc to tv will actually be connected to my sony sound bar reciever, so if i have that connected to my graphics card will the card always be powering both monitors and receivers at the same time and affect the performance? Should i invest in a switch?
Also bout the heat this card produces.... I knew i was gonna be getting a hot card but this card gets HOT. Ive overclocked the card with after burner on stock voltage and upped the core to 1200mhz and memoryclock to 1625MHZ and been playing tomb raider on ultra/ultimate. Game runs smooth but on the 2ndary monitor I monitor the temps and I see the card getting up to 80 degrees C. I decided to manually put the fan to 100% for about 30min and the temps only went down to 75 maybe 73 Celsius until my g/f complained it was too loud. I have a diablotek evo case that came with 4 120mm fans. Could it be cause the card is in a smaller case to make it that hot or am i looking at something normal with this card? Oh and every other temp is normal in the case.
Anyways Thanks for the help!
I have a dual monitor setup (24") with 1 being a gaming monitor and another being a IPS monitor. When I play i only play on the gaming monitor and leave the 2ndary monitor as the work/browse monitor. Ive been wanting to connect my computer to my panasonic 50" 1080P tv, but its across the room and I find it a hassle to disconnect the computer just to move it where the tv is just to game. So the only solution I can think of is getting a 25ft HDMI cable and run along with the 25ft ethernet cable thats already nailed across the floor board.
The 7870 only has 1 hdmi output, 1 dvi output and 2 displayport. Monitor 1 uses hdmi and monitor 2 uses dvi, so how should I connect my plasma to it? Should I get a hdmi to dvi adapter and connect the monitor hdmi to that and then into the graphics card?
The connection between the pc to tv will actually be connected to my sony sound bar reciever, so if i have that connected to my graphics card will the card always be powering both monitors and receivers at the same time and affect the performance? Should i invest in a switch?
Also bout the heat this card produces.... I knew i was gonna be getting a hot card but this card gets HOT. Ive overclocked the card with after burner on stock voltage and upped the core to 1200mhz and memoryclock to 1625MHZ and been playing tomb raider on ultra/ultimate. Game runs smooth but on the 2ndary monitor I monitor the temps and I see the card getting up to 80 degrees C. I decided to manually put the fan to 100% for about 30min and the temps only went down to 75 maybe 73 Celsius until my g/f complained it was too loud. I have a diablotek evo case that came with 4 120mm fans. Could it be cause the card is in a smaller case to make it that hot or am i looking at something normal with this card? Oh and every other temp is normal in the case.
Anyways Thanks for the help!
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