6850 eyefinity???

[Sebastian.s1994]

Hi, Oky so I now have my 6850 and want to do eyefinity with 3X 23" monitors, I've already got an Samsung 2333TN and was think of buying 2 more. Oky but would it work if I use 1 DVI-D to VGA, 1 DVI-I to VGA and 1 Active DP to VGA to connect the monitors. Thanx

 

[TJ99]

It should work, check the card's manual to be sure..

But why on earth would you want to use VGA converters and not just connect the screens with DVI cables?? I mean sure, the 18th century was fun, but it's 2011 now..

 

[dawaster]

AFAIK you can only have 1 VGA the rest has to be a combination of DVI, HDMI or Displaylink. I bought a 6870 in Dec thinking I could use my 2 x 17inch LG LCD (VGA only). try as i might I could only get 1 working at a time. after some searching and some help on MYBB we came to that conclusion - I'll search for the post - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/286669-Club-3D-6870-issue?highlight=

 

[P924]

No. DVI-D is digital only - so you cannot convert it to VGA. I suggest you buy monitors with at the very least DVI connectors, then you can have two on DVI, and the one you have on a active displayport to vga converter.

 

[Pada]

You can convert the DVI-I to VGA, but not the DVI-D like P924 said. So you will only be able to run a maximum of 1 Analog screen from that card - the same goes for most of the modern high-end graphics cards.