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getting a ATI card now for eyefinity

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September 3, 2013 8:01:51 AM

since surround is garbage cause it cannot handle more than 3 monitors and I have 4 :bounce:  and I would love to use 4 in games.
I do like NVidia but I have a 4th monitor sitting there doing nothing whatsoever
so I don't have 2 1600 to spend on 2 7990, so would 2 7970's run 4 monitors good?
what do I need, dvi, hdmi and 2 mini display port adaptors?

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September 3, 2013 8:24:42 AM

they will run 4 monitors but 4 monitors for gaming? Do you plan on gaming on all 4 monitors or use 3 for games and have the 4th for other stuff?
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September 3, 2013 8:35:42 AM

06yfz450ridr said:
they will run 4 monitors but 4 monitors for gaming? Do you plan on gaming on all 4 monitors or use 3 for games and have the 4th for other stuff?


This setup couldn't be used for gaming?
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September 3, 2013 8:44:52 AM

Well the 3 monitors at the bottom will be used for the games, the 4th on top will not. Spare monitor yes, but not for any game.
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September 3, 2013 8:47:00 AM

Supermuncher85 said:
Well the 3 monitors at the bottom will be used for the games, the 4th on top will not. Spare monitor yes, but not for any game.


so basically no point in going into ATI?:no: 
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September 3, 2013 8:50:38 AM

Well not really, nvidia surround does the same thing + for amd you need to buy active display adapters ($60) since any monitors past the first two needs to use displayport or displayport to dvi adapters. So if you have the 4 monitors running on nvidia surround, then I'd stick with that.
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September 3, 2013 8:53:18 AM

THE 4TH monitor doesn't do anything and just stays blank though...
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September 6, 2013 7:52:01 AM

Justin Shepherd said:
THE 4TH monitor doesn't do anything and just stays blank though...



what port are you using? also the active display adapters are not 60 bucks they are less than 20
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September 6, 2013 8:03:51 AM

It's $30 a piece aka $60 to add the other two monitors if no DP. And sorry I can't help with nvidia surround I've never used it with more than 4 monitors.
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September 6, 2013 8:33:45 PM

I figured it out finally how to use the 4th moniter
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September 6, 2013 8:33:48 PM

I figured it out finally how to use the 4th moniter
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September 7, 2013 7:37:51 AM

So what did you have to do? Might help anyone else looking for answers, and I'm actually interested myself :D 
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a b C Monitor
September 7, 2013 7:37:54 AM

So what did you have to do? Might help anyone else looking for answers, and I'm actually interested myself :D 
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