3 monitors Eyefnity

Arokas · Feb 18, 2014

Hi all,
Just wondering if the following is possible, I have a AMD HD 5870, and I was hoping to use Eyefinity, but I'm not sure if it will work as I want it to.

I want to have 3 monitors set up side by side, but I only want to play games on one of them (due to all of them being different sizes).

An example scenario would be the following.

Left desktop - running a web browser

Middle desktop - running world of warcraft in fullscreen window mode (borderless window mode)

Right desktop - steam chat, various system readings (speedfan), utility etc.

Is this possible? Or will Eyefinity force me into using multiple monitors in games?

The reason I ask is I just tested it out on two monitors, and it was forcing black ops 2 to run over the two screens.

Cheers,
Arokas

gaborbarla · Feb 18, 2014

Just enable all 3 monitors in your catalyst and play around with the extend desktop settings.

You can also just try to plug in all 3 monitors and enable them and press WINDOWS key + P to select different modes in windows. You need one Display Port monitor though.

Arokas · Feb 18, 2014

gaborbarla :

Thanks for the reply gaborbarla. The problem I'm having is it won't run the 3 monitors, perhaps it is the way I have it set up. It is as follows.

DVI -> DVI Monitor
DVI -> DVI Monitor
HDMI -> HDMI Monitor

It runs 2 monitors no problem, but refuses to let me run the 3rd.

Any suggestions?

UPDATE: When I try to add the 3rd monitor, it tells me I have to turn one off first.

gaborbarla · Feb 18, 2014

Yeah one of the DVIs is shared between the HDMI, so you cant use HDMI with 2 DVIs on the 5870s you have to use the DP (displayport) so if you dont have one monitor with that, then you have to buy an adapter. The new cards dont have this limitation.

I used this and it worked:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=357&lid=1

Arokas · Feb 18, 2014

gaborbarla :

Ah, excellent.

Would something like either of these work?

http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=612920

http://www.ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=609905

Those guys are a local store, so I can pick it up tomorrow. I live in Western Australia, so waiting for delivery from non-local stores can take ages.

Thanks for your help gaborbarla!

gaborbarla · Feb 18, 2014

the XFX is active which is the one you want if you want. With the other one you might get problems and it will definitely not work if you want to run a game on all 3 screens. Get the $39 one I recon.

Arokas · Feb 18, 2014

Awesome, will pick that one up tomorrow.

Thanks again, mate!

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