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| Author: | boxrick [ 05 Dec 2009, 01:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Im planning purchasing either a 5870 or 2 x 5770 in crossfire. The latter option being much cheaper and pretty much as powerful. However im unsure about a few things: 1) Can i run the cards in crossfire the use eyefinity across 3 monitors ( so each screen will be rendered by both gpus )? All 3 screens will be connected by displayport. 2) What is a good monitor ( to purchase 3 of ) currently available with display port between 24 and 26" in size? Response time and input lag being the most important things Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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| Author: | Sideeffect [ 05 Dec 2009, 01:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Eyefinity and crossifre doesnt work with the 5870's yet. It does work with the 5970 though so maybe consider that as its cheaper than 2 x 5870's anyway. You can't connect all 3 screens by displayport because the cards only have 1 displayport connection on them. The other two monitors need to be connected using the 2 x DVI or 1 x DVI 1 x HDMI combination. If you get two cards you can't connect monitors to each card because the timing is different all monitors need to connect to 1 card only for eyefinity. The 5870 six edition (not released yey) has 6 mini displayport connections so you could use that with adapters to connect 3 displayport monitors. A good 24" monitor with displayport is http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=corp&sku=467-4327. |
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| Author: | boxrick [ 05 Dec 2009, 02:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Eyefinity and crossifre doesnt work with the 5870's yet. It does work with the 5970 though so maybe consider that as its cheaper than 2 x 5870's anyway. was more thinking 2 x 5770.... |
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| Author: | Sideeffect [ 05 Dec 2009, 02:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Better to get 1 x 5870 than 2 x 5770 |
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| Author: | boxrick [ 05 Dec 2009, 02:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Better to get 1 x 5870 than 2 x 5770 Well price was the main factor, however considering that crossfired cards wont do what i need then a 5870 will have to do! Anyone got any recommendations as far as monitors go then ? |
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| Author: | Dave Baumann [ 06 Dec 2009, 16:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crossfire + eyefinity whats the case? Good monitors? |
Anyone got any recommendations as far as monitors go then ? Sideeffect already made a suggestion: A good 24" monitor with displayport is http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=corp&sku=467-4327. And from my dealings with these Dells, I would concur. |
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