techPowerUp! Forums

Go Back   techPowerUp! Forums > Other > techPowerUp! Club Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old Mar 30, 2011, 03:30 AM   #126
jasper1605
1000 Posts
 
jasper1605's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,178 (0.89/day)
Thanks: 356
Thanked 228 Times in 191 Posts

System Specs

http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/...y-dongles.aspx

that's a list of all the available ones that are guaranteed to work (provided the part isn't broken lol).

I found mine pretty easy to set up. If you run into troubles be sure you post here and we'll help you out!
__________________

1 in 8 people in the world do not have access to clean water. 20 Liters is trying to do something to change 750,000,000 people's lives. Click to help
- Love life and live a life of love - If you would like prayer for anything going on in your life or someone else's send me a PM
My Heat 11-0-0 My Sig Rig Pics -Updated 11/1/10 TPU Eyefinity Club
jasper1605 is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 3, 2011, 03:14 AM   #127
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

I can haz join!


currently running the following Lolfinity setup (for shits n giggles)

1x5870 1GB
1x15" LCD on VGA
1x23.6" on HDMI
1x40" on DP -> DVI -> HDMI


this runs at a whopping resolution of 3840x720



what? i got a DP to DVI adaptor, and worked with what i got XD
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Mussels For This Useful Post:
Old Apr 3, 2011, 02:49 PM   #128
t_ski
Staff
 
t_ski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 8,893 (3.39/day)
Thanks: 3,094
Thanked 3,349 Times in 2,552 Posts

System Specs

What are your displays? Let me know the models and I'll add you to the list.

A pic of the setup is not necessary, but it would be great to see how you worked that
__________________
t_ski's stuff for sale ~ TPU Eyefinity Club ~ Heatware
Silverstone TJ07 build ~ Mini ITX Home Server build


Intel i7 3930K ~ Asus P9X79 Pro ~ 4 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 C9 ~ Triple 7970's with EK FC-7970 CSQ ~ Triple Asus VW246H LCD's ~ 2 x 120 GB Corsair Force 3 (Raid 0) ~ 500GB WD ~ Lite-On BluRay ~ Nickel-plated Heatkiller 3.0 CU ~ D5 with EK X-top ~ BIX Quad Rad ~ Corsair AX1200 ~ Silverstone TJ07
t_ski is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 4, 2011, 01:06 AM   #129
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by t_ski View Post
What are your displays? Let me know the models and I'll add you to the list.

A pic of the setup is not necessary, but it would be great to see how you worked that
i honestly dont know, these are spare screens XD


i did take a pic however



unfortunately it came out real bad
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 7, 2011, 02:40 PM   #130
HossHuge
1000 Posts
 
HossHuge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Taiwan
Posts: 1,814 (1.00/day)
Thanks: 514
Thanked 457 Times in 303 Posts

System Specs

So I picked up a couple of used monitors today and now I need the DP adapter but I'm lost. The monitors I bought are both d-sub and the third one is DVI. Do I need to buy an "active" adapter? And if so, how can some people set up their Eyefinity with only 3 d-sub displays because they only recommend 2 passive d-sub adapters.
__________________
But they are useless. They can only give you answers. ~Pablo Picasso, about computers
HossHuge is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 7, 2011, 02:43 PM   #131
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by HossHuge View Post
So I picked up a couple of used monitors today and now I need the DP adapter but I'm lost. The monitors I bought are both d-sub and the third one is DVI. Do I need to buy an "active" adapter? And if so, how can some people set up their Eyefinity with only 3 d-sub displays because they only recommend 2 passive d-sub adapters.
you need an active DP to DVI adaptor for that one DVI monitor. the other two are fine on VGA.


you can get DP to VGA adaptors, i assume thats how they get one, and the other two monitors off DVI-VGA adaptors. those are always passive.
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 7, 2011, 03:15 PM   #132
HossHuge
1000 Posts
 
HossHuge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Taiwan
Posts: 1,814 (1.00/day)
Thanks: 514
Thanked 457 Times in 303 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mussels View Post
you need an active DP to DVI adaptor for that one DVI monitor. the other two are fine on VGA.


you can get DP to VGA adaptors, i assume thats how they get one, and the other two monitors off DVI-VGA adaptors. those are always passive.

So you're saying that someone that uses 3 VGA monitors would need an "active" DP>DVI adapter and then connect a dvi>vga adapter to that and then to the monitor.

Is that right? Which one did you use Mussels?
__________________
But they are useless. They can only give you answers. ~Pablo Picasso, about computers
HossHuge is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 7, 2011, 03:46 PM   #133
MoonPig
3500 Posts
 
MoonPig's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wakefield, UK
Posts: 4,089 (2.30/day)
Thanks: 715
Thanked 903 Times in 621 Posts

System Specs

Just got my new monitors.

Pictures tomorrow when my 6870 arrives... Excited
MoonPig is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 8, 2011, 12:59 AM   #134
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by HossHuge View Post
So you're saying that someone that uses 3 VGA monitors would need an "active" DP>DVI adapter and then connect a dvi>vga adapter to that and then to the monitor.

Is that right? Which one did you use Mussels?
no i'm saying you'll need a DP to VGA adaptor, probably active. the DVI ports on these adaptors do NOT let you connect DVI-VGA adaptors.
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 8, 2011, 02:27 PM   #135
MoonPig
3500 Posts
 
MoonPig's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wakefield, UK
Posts: 4,089 (2.30/day)
Thanks: 715
Thanked 903 Times in 621 Posts

System Specs



Im in
MoonPig is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 8, 2011, 03:04 PM   #136
t_ski
Staff
 
t_ski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 8,893 (3.39/day)
Thanks: 3,094
Thanked 3,349 Times in 2,552 Posts

System Specs

Cool. List your specs and monitors, please.

I take it you got your issue fixed with the blurry display?
__________________
t_ski's stuff for sale ~ TPU Eyefinity Club ~ Heatware
Silverstone TJ07 build ~ Mini ITX Home Server build


Intel i7 3930K ~ Asus P9X79 Pro ~ 4 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 C9 ~ Triple 7970's with EK FC-7970 CSQ ~ Triple Asus VW246H LCD's ~ 2 x 120 GB Corsair Force 3 (Raid 0) ~ 500GB WD ~ Lite-On BluRay ~ Nickel-plated Heatkiller 3.0 CU ~ D5 with EK X-top ~ BIX Quad Rad ~ Corsair AX1200 ~ Silverstone TJ07
t_ski is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 8, 2011, 03:06 PM   #137
MoonPig
3500 Posts
 
MoonPig's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wakefield, UK
Posts: 4,089 (2.30/day)
Thanks: 715
Thanked 903 Times in 621 Posts

System Specs

Nah, it's still blurry. I'll work it out.

2x P223W
1x X223W
1x MSI HD6870
MoonPig is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to MoonPig For This Useful Post:
Old Apr 9, 2011, 11:21 AM   #138
HossHuge
1000 Posts
 
HossHuge's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Taiwan
Posts: 1,814 (1.00/day)
Thanks: 514
Thanked 457 Times in 303 Posts

System Specs

Got mine working as well..... Just used a passive DP to VGA adapter. Worked like a charm.



1x Samsung 2343BWX
1x Acer AL1916W
1x Chimei CMV 946A
1x Asus HD6850
__________________
But they are useless. They can only give you answers. ~Pablo Picasso, about computers
HossHuge is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to HossHuge For This Useful Post:
Old Apr 9, 2011, 12:46 PM   #139
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

ok so passive adaptors work if the monitors VGA, thats good to know.
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 9, 2011, 04:24 PM   #140
Rebelstar
25 Posts
 
Rebelstar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Posts: 59 (0.06/day)
Thanks: 26
Thanked 15 Times in 8 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by MoonPig View Post

Roccat Kave 5.1 from the left? I have the same, it's awesome
Rebelstar is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 9, 2011, 05:12 PM   #141
MoonPig
3500 Posts
 
MoonPig's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Wakefield, UK
Posts: 4,089 (2.30/day)
Thanks: 715
Thanked 903 Times in 621 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rebelstar View Post
Roccat Kave 5.1 from the left? I have the same, it's awesome
Aye, love it

Very happy i chose it over other headsets off the same price range.
MoonPig is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 9, 2011, 05:15 PM   #142
t_ski
Staff
 
t_ski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 8,893 (3.39/day)
Thanks: 3,094
Thanked 3,349 Times in 2,552 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by MoonPig View Post
Nah, it's still blurry. I'll work it out.

2x P223W
1x X223W
1x MSI HD6870
Quote:
Originally Posted by HossHuge View Post
Got mine working as well..... Just used a passive DP to VGA adapter. Worked like a charm.

http://img.techpowerup.org/110409/P1040630.jpg

1x Samsung 2343BWX
1x Acer AL1916W
1x Chimei CMV 946A
1x Asus HD6850
Added. Mussels, get me some model numbers and I'll add you, too.
__________________
t_ski's stuff for sale ~ TPU Eyefinity Club ~ Heatware
Silverstone TJ07 build ~ Mini ITX Home Server build


Intel i7 3930K ~ Asus P9X79 Pro ~ 4 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 C9 ~ Triple 7970's with EK FC-7970 CSQ ~ Triple Asus VW246H LCD's ~ 2 x 120 GB Corsair Force 3 (Raid 0) ~ 500GB WD ~ Lite-On BluRay ~ Nickel-plated Heatkiller 3.0 CU ~ D5 with EK X-top ~ BIX Quad Rad ~ Corsair AX1200 ~ Silverstone TJ07
t_ski is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 10, 2011, 01:41 AM   #143
Mussels
Doctor Moderator
 
Mussels's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bendigo, Australia (NOT THE USA)
Posts: 34,594 (10.89/day)
Thanks: 3,708
Thanked 8,714 Times in 6,407 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by t_ski View Post
Mussels, get me some model numbers and I'll add you, too.
1x samsung 2494HS
1x HP/Compaq LE1711
1x Lenovo LEN L174


happy nao? XD


eyefinity with these is pretty bad, i tend to just run extended desktop.
Mussels is offline  
Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Mussels For This Useful Post:
Old Apr 10, 2011, 04:11 AM   #144
t_ski
Staff
 
t_ski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 8,893 (3.39/day)
Thanks: 3,094
Thanked 3,349 Times in 2,552 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mussels View Post
1x samsung 2494HS
1x HP/Compaq LE1711
1x Lenovo LEN L174


happy nao? XD


eyefinity with these is pretty bad, i tend to just run extended desktop.
Yes, yes I am...
__________________
t_ski's stuff for sale ~ TPU Eyefinity Club ~ Heatware
Silverstone TJ07 build ~ Mini ITX Home Server build


Intel i7 3930K ~ Asus P9X79 Pro ~ 4 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 C9 ~ Triple 7970's with EK FC-7970 CSQ ~ Triple Asus VW246H LCD's ~ 2 x 120 GB Corsair Force 3 (Raid 0) ~ 500GB WD ~ Lite-On BluRay ~ Nickel-plated Heatkiller 3.0 CU ~ D5 with EK X-top ~ BIX Quad Rad ~ Corsair AX1200 ~ Silverstone TJ07
t_ski is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 10, 2011, 04:43 AM   #145
cadaveca
My name is Dave
 
cadaveca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 10,921 (4.16/day)
Thanks: 4,704
Thanked 5,447 Times in 3,301 Posts

System Specs

Dropped the 5870's, moved on to 6950 2GB. Awaiting mini-DP adapter from XFX, so not exactly running eyefinity ATM.
__________________
Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp


-Only real men play games THIS way.
cadaveca is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 12, 2011, 03:59 PM   #146
avatar_raq
200 Posts
 
avatar_raq's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Iraq
Posts: 211 (0.19/day)
Thanks: 40
Thanked 36 Times in 29 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by cadaveca View Post
Dropped the 5870's, moved on to 6950 2GB. Awaiting mini-DP adapter from XFX, so not exactly running eyefinity ATM.
I thought you were going for a 6990 !! Or was it too loud to your taste? When you run EF again, please tell us if the extra frame buffer has noticable performance advantage over the 5870.
__________________

Join Eyefinity Club !
avatar_raq is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 12, 2011, 04:09 PM   #147
cadaveca
My name is Dave
 
cadaveca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 10,921 (4.16/day)
Thanks: 4,704
Thanked 5,447 Times in 3,301 Posts

System Specs

Quote:
Originally Posted by avatar_raq View Post
I thought you were going for a 6990 !! Or was it too loud to your taste? When you run EF again, please tell us if the extra frame buffer has noticable performance advantage over the 5870.
yeah, the noise is just too much for me. The dual 6950's are basically silent on stock bios, but get pretty noisy under shader mod bios.

I using a Corsair H50 as a cooler, simply becuase it near silent, even though I have much better coolers sitting here collecting dust.

I cna say that the frame buffer being 2GB does have an impact, suc hthat even @ 2560x1600, higher levels of AA can be applied before performance tanks...I'm running an AVG 8xAA on most apps, where as with the 5870's, even 2xAA hurt performance too much, even @ 1920x1080.


Pretty happy with these cards, to be completely honest. I'm pissed that I went throug hso many 5870's, and am stil lleft dealing with that for running eyefinity, as XFX still hasn't got the DP adapter in my mailbox, and we're now into 3+ months of this RMA.

I'd love to tell you guys how it works in comparison, but 5870 had DP right there, and these silly 6950's need an adapter that didn't come in the box.

What really gets me is that XFX will gladly swap another 5870 for 6950 for me, yet cannot get the adapter to me in a reasonable time frame.

/rant


MIght go to the PC store today and pick one up. Been playing alot of NFS Shift2, want to get F1 2010 going too!
__________________
Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp


-Only real men play games THIS way.
cadaveca is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 12, 2011, 06:55 PM   #148
avatar_raq
200 Posts
 
avatar_raq's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Iraq
Posts: 211 (0.19/day)
Thanks: 40
Thanked 36 Times in 29 Posts

System Specs

@ caDAVEca:
I think you should have chosen Sapphire 6950s, they are bundled with mini Dp adapters AFAIK.
__________________

Join Eyefinity Club !
avatar_raq is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 12, 2011, 06:57 PM   #149
cadaveca
My name is Dave
 
cadaveca's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Great White North
Posts: 10,921 (4.16/day)
Thanks: 4,704
Thanked 5,447 Times in 3,301 Posts

System Specs

Yes, the sapphire cards, in reference form, also have an HDMI cable in the box.
__________________
Gadgets, Phones, Tablets, Cameras, TVs, HiFi...NextPowerUp


-Only real men play games THIS way.
cadaveca is online now  
Reply With Quote
Old Apr 12, 2011, 08:12 PM   #150
t_ski
Staff
 
t_ski's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Illinois, USA
Posts: 8,893 (3.39/day)
Thanks: 3,094
Thanked 3,349 Times in 2,552 Posts

System Specs

What kind of adapter do you need? Mini DP to HDMI? Mini DP to DVI (active or passive)?
__________________
t_ski's stuff for sale ~ TPU Eyefinity Club ~ Heatware
Silverstone TJ07 build ~ Mini ITX Home Server build


Intel i7 3930K ~ Asus P9X79 Pro ~ 4 x 8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866 C9 ~ Triple 7970's with EK FC-7970 CSQ ~ Triple Asus VW246H LCD's ~ 2 x 120 GB Corsair Force 3 (Raid 0) ~ 500GB WD ~ Lite-On BluRay ~ Nickel-plated Heatkiller 3.0 CU ~ D5 with EK X-top ~ BIX Quad Rad ~ Corsair AX1200 ~ Silverstone TJ07
t_ski is offline  
Crunching for Team TPU
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Club 3D Announces HD 5450 Card with Eyefinity Support btarunr News 17 Jul 15, 2010 02:19 PM
TPU Peripherals Club Binge techPowerUp! Club Forum 63 Feb 22, 2010 11:15 AM
TPU! FreeBSD Club wiak techPowerUp! Club Forum 11 Mar 13, 2007 08:13 PM
The TPU 6K Club 1Strive Graphics Cards 10 Oct 12, 2006 07:06 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 10:45 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
no new posts