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| Author: | Lyrix [ 24 Jan 2010, 14:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
Hello everyone, Soon i'm going to buy a new gfx card (5970) And at the moment im running 3 monitors with TripleHead2go. I have 3 vga screens (22") with native res of 1920x1080. Now my question is will eyefinity work with the following cable and adapter and will i be able to use my native res of my monitors? : The cable : https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/prodPicPopup.html?articleId=-1083334&artno=RDVCX7 The adapter : https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/prodPicPopup.html?articleId=-1014898&artno=VKZ%2310 I understand that there are DP>VGA adapters for sell but i've tried to look here in Holland and there is just none. So what do you guys think? Will this work or will i get the blinking problems? Any help would be nice :-) Thanks in advance! |
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| Author: | Painted [ 24 Jan 2010, 19:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
everything I have read stated you needed a powered Display port to DVI adapter. I went with http://www.amazon.com/Accell-UltraAV-B087B-002B-DisplayPort-Dual-Link/dp/B002ISVI3U/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264358000&sr=8-19 and it has worked well for me it was just plug and play with windows 7 and I am running 3 I Inc 28" LCD's two DVI and one using the display port adapter |
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| Author: | Tanshin [ 24 Jan 2010, 21:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
I'm not sure of the specifics, but i think hat the DP > DVI cable also moves an analog signal as well as the digital. This needs the external power to push / create the analog signal. A DP > VGA just has the analog signal and does not push a digital, so it does not need extra power. Also, DP > HDMI pushes only a digital signal and does not require extra power. The only need for a DP > Active DVI is as such, when you would like a digital signal to DVI. At low resolution a DP > VGA signal will do great. 1920 x 1200 and below. Anything higher then that and you will start to loose a lot of video quality, it will look grainy and harder to see, loss of crisp detail. I would only get a DP > Active DVI if you planed on going higher then 1920 x 1200. As the active DP > DVI adapter will continue to give you crisp detail up to 2560 x 1600. -Tanshin |
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| Author: | Lyrix [ 25 Jan 2010, 15:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
I'm not sure of the specifics, but i think hat the DP > DVI cable also moves an analog signal as well as the digital. This needs the external power to push / create the analog signal. Thanks for your time explaining my question. This helps alot. I am not going to buy 3 new monitors since these i have now are like 4 weeks old. Just not DVI. Wich isn't really a problem. I'm gonna give the cable with adapter a go and see how it goes :-) |
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| Author: | Tamlin [ 25 Jan 2010, 15:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
That cable won't work for analog. It doesn't have the nessesary pins needed for analog signals. :( Edit: Use this to identify and get the right connector if you need analog signal over DVI: http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html |
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| Author: | Lyrix [ 25 Jan 2010, 17:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Eyefinity setup question (vga) |
That cable won't work for analog. It doesn't have the nessesary pins needed for analog signals. :( After reading that page i have found the following wich should work then : Adapter DP > DVI-I : http://kabeltje.com/displayport-naar-dvii-adapter-p-1559.html Wich is Connection: DP 20pins - DVI-I 24+5pins female. Then i just need a normal VGA > DVI-I adapter and it should work i guess. |
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