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I currently have an Acer S201HL monitor hooked up via DVI, and plan to buy 2 more of them for a 3-screen Eyefinity setup (specifically Eyefinity, not 3 separate desktops). The thing is, this screen only has a DVI port.
I've been looking at some DVI to Mini DP adapters, and saw different kinds ranging from like $10 to $100+. I basically just want the cheapest one that'll work. This adapter caught my eye (mainly being the lowest priced one):
Encore ENCA-MDD Mini DisplayPort Male to DVI Female Adapter
Pretty much, I'm wondering if it'll work? It doesn't seem to be Active, but I'm not entirely sure if this matters or not (I mean I know it matters in terms of compatibility, but don't know if it'll be incompatible with my setup or not).
There's some Active adapters that are a bit more pricy as well, such as the Sapphire Cable 100924 Active Display Port to Single-Link DVI (not sure if MSI happens to make/recommend their own adapter, don't think it really matters though). Generally put, they seem to be around the $30 range. It seems this will likely have the best compatibility, but I'd rather the cheaper option if it'll work (and work without like halving the refresh rate or some other bs
and also be compatible with Eyefinity).
Short Version: I'm looking for the cheapest kind of adapter that'll let me hook 2 DVI monitors to my GPU over the Mini DPs for Eyefinity.
Currently, the single monitor by itself with overclocked refresh rate doesn't require Dual-Link DVI, so I take it the adapters doesn't have to support Dual-Link either?
I've been looking at some DVI to Mini DP adapters, and saw different kinds ranging from like $10 to $100+. I basically just want the cheapest one that'll work. This adapter caught my eye (mainly being the lowest priced one):
Encore ENCA-MDD Mini DisplayPort Male to DVI Female Adapter
Pretty much, I'm wondering if it'll work? It doesn't seem to be Active, but I'm not entirely sure if this matters or not (I mean I know it matters in terms of compatibility, but don't know if it'll be incompatible with my setup or not).
There's some Active adapters that are a bit more pricy as well, such as the Sapphire Cable 100924 Active Display Port to Single-Link DVI (not sure if MSI happens to make/recommend their own adapter, don't think it really matters though). Generally put, they seem to be around the $30 range. It seems this will likely have the best compatibility, but I'd rather the cheaper option if it'll work (and work without like halving the refresh rate or some other bs
and also be compatible with Eyefinity).Short Version: I'm looking for the cheapest kind of adapter that'll let me hook 2 DVI monitors to my GPU over the Mini DPs for Eyefinity.
Currently, the single monitor by itself with overclocked refresh rate doesn't require Dual-Link DVI, so I take it the adapters doesn't have to support Dual-Link either?
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