Eyefinity help please

[Grimspoon]

Hi guys,

Bought myself a 5850 and now I am seriously keen to try out eyefinity.

Now I have been reading up online and I see that you have to have at least 1 monitor with a display port :wtf:

Kinda annoying to say the least. So now I have to look for a 3rd monitor with display port, any recommendations?

Or what are my options?

I have 2 x 2333SW monitors at present.

 

[Archer]

You can get a displayport to hdmi converter, that might help. Otherwise all the displayport screens I know of are quite expensive

 

[Grimspoon]

You can get a displayport to hdmi converter, that might help. Otherwise all the displayport screens I know of are quite expensive

Ah ok, I don't have hdmi on my monitor either. Would I need a displayport to DVi converter?

 

[Archer]

Seems like you do get a displayport to dvi converter, I'm sure you can also get hdmi to dvi. Dont know from where though, call up your local PC shop and ask

 

[P924]

Be careful, normal converters don't work with eyefinity, you need the ACTIVE displayport to DVI converter @ ~R1200 (do a search). So it might be better to get a display with displayport. Also, heard that you need at least a 5970 to get decent framerates with eyefinity, but could be wrong.

 

[Archer]

Be careful, normal converters don't work with eyefinity, you need the ACTIVE displayport to DVI converter @ ~R1200 (do a search). So it might be better to get a display with displayport. Also, heard that you need at least a 5970 to get decent framerates with eyefinity, but could be wrong.

Zomg, didnt realise that. But you dont need a 5970 for eyefinity, a 5870 will suffice. Dunno about a 5850 though, would definately have to turn down some settings to get smooth framerates

 

[Grimspoon]

Eish sounds like more of a mission than I thought.

Didn't think the 5850 would battle.