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davexxsmith

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Hello,

I have just bought a HD 6990 card and wanted to try running my three monitors using eyeinfinity. This is what I tried:

Monitor one HP 20" connected to main DVI port on card, showed up okay.
Monitor two 24" I-inc connected to mini port using HDMI adapter showed up okay.
Monitor three Del 20" connected to mini port with active DVI adapter converted to VGA, doesn't show up.

Been to local computer shop, he said I need to replace the two 20" monitors for digital monitors, is this correct and what monitors could you recommend. I believe they need DVI connectors but I don't understand the different DVI connector types and I'm worried I may buy the wrong one. He said I could buy HDMI monitors but then I'd need to buy mini-port adapters to HDMI and I think one of them would need to be active.

Thanks, Dave.
 
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davexxsmith

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I got adapters with the card but 1 of 20" monitors has VGA and DVI the other 20" monitor only has VGA whereas the 24" has HDMI. I'm still confused, sorry. Do i actually need a monitor with DVI-I (i think its called DVI-I) it has the 4 extra pins, 2 above and 2 below the horizontal bar thingy.
 
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Your problem is that you're running 2x DVI and 1x HDMI. The cards only support 2 DVI/HDMI outputs at one time, for 3 or more monitors you absolutely need to use a DisplayPort output. You will therefore need a DP to DVI or DP to VGA active adapter for the 3rd monitor.

As for resolution, all monitors will have the same resolution applied to them.
 
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Hi is there any chance you could put a link for what i require. So can i manage with my existing monitors if i get the converter/adapter?
 
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As far as I know, it's not possible to convert DisplayPort to DVI, then take that DVI and convert it to VGA, since the active DP adapter is only going to create a DVI compatible digital signal and not an analog signal, like the VGA monitor requires. I know this is the case with HDMI (You couldn't, for example, convert HDMI to DVI, then that DVI to VGA). So you would have to use the onboard DVI port with a VGA adapter on it for the Dell monitor, the Mini DP to HDMI for the 24" monitor, and the Mini DP to DVI adapter for the HP 20" monitor. Hope this helps...
 
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Hi
went and got a DVI lead today, connected the 3rd monitor with DVI lead to mini display port with the active mini display to DVI adapter that was supplied with the card. I've now got all 3 monitors running in eye infinity. The only prob I'm having is some games don't seem to fit the screens correctly. I just cant seem to get the resolutions set correctly and loose the bottom of some games.
This may be due to me having 1 wide screen monitor and 2 standard square type. I cant afford to change to 3 widescreen at the moment.
 
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Yeah...
working now bugging me to get 2 more monitors. They are £130 each so it all adds up. Computer stuff was never the cheapest of addictions.

Thanks for the help.
 
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