Hello, and thanks for reading.
A new Sapphire 7870 XT GPU is on its way to me now. It features four ports for monitors/TVs:
1. DVI
2. HDMI
3&4. 2x Mini Displayport
I have two monitors I'd like to connect to the card. An Asus VS238H-P and an old Dell P1130 CRT. The Asus uses a DVI cable and the Dell uses a VGA cable for which I currently am using a VGA-to-DVI adapter (with my current GPU, a Gigabyte GTX460OC that has two DVI ports).
So, now that I'm down to a single DVI port, what's the optimal way to configure these two monitors (DVI and VGA)? It seems that almost every option is available to me, from getting a VGA-to-HDMI adapter/converter to getting a DVI-to-Mini Displayport adapter/converter.
It should be clear that the Asus, being a modern LED model, is my main and the Dell is my secondary, so the Asus needs to be connected to the "best" connection on the GPU, if one or several are better than the others. Not sure its relevant, but the description of the 7870 XT includes the following: "Cutting-edge Quad HD display support (4K Support) — The display resolution on AMD Radeon HD7000 series is quadrupled to the resolution of 4KX2K( 4096X2160 ) from the outputs of DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI."
Thanks so much for taking the time to read. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
- ELB
A new Sapphire 7870 XT GPU is on its way to me now. It features four ports for monitors/TVs:
1. DVI
2. HDMI
3&4. 2x Mini Displayport
I have two monitors I'd like to connect to the card. An Asus VS238H-P and an old Dell P1130 CRT. The Asus uses a DVI cable and the Dell uses a VGA cable for which I currently am using a VGA-to-DVI adapter (with my current GPU, a Gigabyte GTX460OC that has two DVI ports).
So, now that I'm down to a single DVI port, what's the optimal way to configure these two monitors (DVI and VGA)? It seems that almost every option is available to me, from getting a VGA-to-HDMI adapter/converter to getting a DVI-to-Mini Displayport adapter/converter.
It should be clear that the Asus, being a modern LED model, is my main and the Dell is my secondary, so the Asus needs to be connected to the "best" connection on the GPU, if one or several are better than the others. Not sure its relevant, but the description of the 7870 XT includes the following: "Cutting-edge Quad HD display support (4K Support) — The display resolution on AMD Radeon HD7000 series is quadrupled to the resolution of 4KX2K( 4096X2160 ) from the outputs of DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI."
Thanks so much for taking the time to read. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
- ELB
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