Windows not letting me connect 3 monitors

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
J

Jimbob1

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2013
289
4
18,815
So, at the moment I have 2 24" monitors and I am wanting to connect my 40" TV to watch some movies on. I have one of my 24" connected via HDMI. Another using a HDMI to DVI converter and the 40" TV using again, the HDMI to DVI converter. For some reason, when I go to screen resolution and go to the monitor, it says you 'You must select Apply before making additional changes.

I click apply and this happens 'Unable to save display settings'.

http://i.imgur.com/YoaQpGl.png
 
Solution
JRAtk94
The 7770 will not support 3 monitors - it is not powerful enough.
I believe only the 7950 onwards supports 3 monitors, at reasonable performance.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news :(

EDIT: The 3 display adapters on the 7770 are simply for connectivity to cater for the range of monitors that people own - it cannot use all 3 ports at once.
Sort by date Sort by votes
JRAtk94

JRAtk94

Honorable
May 26, 2013
1,496
0
11,660
Depends on your CPU and motherboard.
A Sandy Bridge CPU can only support 2 monitors, and an Ivy Bridge CPU can support 3 monitors as long as 2 of them are DisplayPort - otherwise only 2.
Not sure about AMD, or Haswell.

If you're connecting the monitors via a GPU, it depends on the GPU - a low-performance one won't support 3 monitors.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
meowmix44

meowmix44

Honorable
Jan 3, 2013
986
0
11,060


Wow you should be a teacher mr. smarticles. I never knew that :3. Im still in love with my Sandy Bridge 2600K and happy I didnt upgrade to Ivy
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
JRAtk94

JRAtk94

Honorable
May 26, 2013
1,496
0
11,660


A teacher, you say? :lol: Well, we all learn something everyday. I've learnt a lot on this forum - mostly from being corrected :p

And aiye, not much point in upgrading to Ivy from Sandy, I've heard :p
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
meowmix44

meowmix44

Honorable
Jan 3, 2013
986
0
11,060


Noticed how I said smarticles(testicles)? WHY DIDN'T YOU CORRECT ME??? lolool JK

Thank You for your interesting factual data
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
J

Jimbob1

Distinguished
Jan 22, 2013
289
4
18,815


I have the radeon 7770, and it has 3 display adapters on the GPU, as well as a i5 3470
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
JRAtk94

JRAtk94

Honorable
May 26, 2013
1,496
0
11,660
The 7770 will not support 3 monitors - it is not powerful enough.
I believe only the 7950 onwards supports 3 monitors, at reasonable performance.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news :(

EDIT: The 3 display adapters on the 7770 are simply for connectivity to cater for the range of monitors that people own - it cannot use all 3 ports at once.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
meowmix44

meowmix44

Honorable
Jan 3, 2013
986
0
11,060

Can you STOP being soo smart and be stupid for once :( You're hurting my brain with your facts. :pt1cable:
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom