Can I make a triple monitor setup with these?

[YigitS]

Hello, I currently have a gtx960 as my GPU. And I currently have 2 Dell e2214h monitors and the only connection they have is DVI and VGA. So I've connected one of my monitors with a normal DVI cable and the other one with a DVI to HDMI adapter. So I'm left with 3 DisplayPort outputs on the GPU. And now I want to buy my 3rd monitor and I want to buy the same monitor again so I'll just summarize what I'll do:
Monitor 1 DVI -> GPU DVI
Monitor 2 DVI -> GPU HDMI (With DVI cable and DVI to HDMI adapter)
Monitor 3 DVI -> GPU DisplayPort (With DVI cable and DVI to DisplayPort adapter)
There's a huge price difference between active and passive adapters so what I'm asking is if I buy a passive adapter will it work or not?

 

[pbm86]

http://www.startech.com/faq/DisplayPort_Converter_DP_Multi_Mode
You should use an active adapter. I don't think those DisplayPorts support dual-mode.

 

[YigitS]

http://www.startech.com/faq/DisplayPort_Converter_DP_Multi_Mode
You should use an active adapter. I don't think those DisplayPorts support dual-mode.

Thank you for your answer. But I've just watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te5NPbrD_nI and as far as I understood only eyefinity requires you to have at least 1 dp or active dp adapter but nvidia surround doesn't require you to have any. If that's correct then I'll just buy a passive adapter which is way more cheaper.

 

[pbm86]

A passive DP adapter wouldn't work with your DisplayPorts. Your problem is that your graphics cards only has a DVI and an HDMI and you must use a DisplayPort for the third. You have no choice.

 

[k1114]

You should be able to use a passive dp adapter.

 

[YigitS]

You should be able to use a passive dp adapter.

I hope you're right I've checked so many web sites and non of them had exact info about this thing but I've bought the monitor anyway

 

[pbm86]

I'm beginning to think that most GPUs support DVI signal through DisplayPort. That is a good thing. Yeah. Thankfully new nVidia cards support three displays through DVI or HDMI.

 

[YigitS]

I'll get the monitor today and post here if it works or not

 

[YigitS]

I've got my monitor and a cheap dvi to displayport adapter today and it works like a charm. Nothing went wrong so I think this is important for people who's about to make a triple monitor setup for nvidia surround (I guess you need at least 1 displayport for eyefinity). If your monitors don't have the exact same output as your GPU, don't worry it works totally fine with cheap adapters! I would post a screenshot if I wasn't too lazy.

 

[k1114]

It's not about eyefinity and surround but just being able to output to that many monitors. Amd actually did raise the active dp requirement with some of the rx 200 which can do 3 monitors instead of 2 without active dp.

 

[pbm86]

The requirement for most AMD cards is because they have only 2 TMDS links. They cannot use more than 2 DVI or 1 DVI and 1 HDMI even if they have more connectors. A few years ago Sapphire released some Flex series cards that had a third TMDS link added through additonal circuitry.