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dnove12   11-17-2009 at 12:37:02 AM

So i have a radeon HD 5770 and I want to have it displaying on two monitors and a tv. I have one monitor in the display port using a display port to DVI adapter and the other monitor and TV are both plugged into their own DVI port. However it will only let me have 2 displays at once. I was led to believe I could have all three. Any thoughts?

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jennyh   11-17-2009 at 12:43:55 AM

Passive or active displayport adaptor? If one of your monitors doesn't have native displayport you will need to get an active dvi-displayport adaptor.

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dnove12   11-17-2009 at 12:58:10 AM

it dosnt have a USB for power so i assume that means its passive. what is the advantage of the display port, why can i just use HDMI

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jennyh   11-17-2009 at 01:06:32 AM

You can't just use HDMI because that's how it is. I dunno the inner workings of displayport but it has higher bandwidth at least.

There must be a decent reason why, otherwise 3 normal d-sub or dvi screens would be a lot better. I'm waiting on eyefinity too so I understand you must be a bit irritated by this.

There are new lcd's coming soon (displayport) and I'm sure there will be cheaper adaptors soon too.

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dnove12   11-17-2009 at 01:15:53 AM

gotcha thanks i guess ill have to made do with changing which one is my second monitor for now

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jennyh   11-17-2009 at 01:24:09 AM

Keep looking out for cheap adaptors too. It can't be long now before somebody makes one.

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bubbatran209   11-18-2009 at 11:44:36 AM

Here it is. Eyefinity's worst nightmare for those who thought it would be that easy.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna [...] u=330-5521

It's gonna cost you an arm and a leg to get your third monitor up and running.
Radeon should have just included this with there card. How stupid of them to offer it without the adapter.

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jennyh   11-18-2009 at 01:28:48 PM

Well at $100 it's a bit much :p

The prices will come down on these soon enough, until then its a rip-off at that price yes.

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bubbatran209   11-19-2009 at 12:43:14 AM

It's a ripoff to even have to buy one to work the eyefinity.. :o

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