Radeon Multiple monitor question

jchurch83

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Just a quick noobish question about running 3 monitors using a Radeon/amd card since i've generally used Nvidia cards in the past but have decided to grab a Sapphire 7970

With the display port that the radeon cards use, is that pretty much the same as hdmi/dvi ? I'll just be plugging 1 monitor into the Display Port, 1 into the HDMI and 1 into the DVI ?
Does it matter which monitor is plugged into which? ei. if I play most games using the center monitor am I getting any benifit from using the hdmi/dvi or display port on that monitor ( I don't use the sound from hdmi )

thanks for any info :)
 

bloc97

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Usually people use DVI + 2 DisplayPort or HDMI + 2 DisplayPort, but rarely HDMI + DVI + 1 DisplayPort, since most monitors only support either DVI or HDMI and usually people buy 3 same monitor for using as EyeFinity.

Hope it helps! :)