Asus EAH5870 v2 Eyefinity setup. Please help!!!!

[CJBronco II]

Preferrably for Christmas I was hoping to have 3x23inch IPS setup for Eyefinity but that dream is now dead, however I got one of these for Christmas from an in-law

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...9&sku=320-9331


Atleast it has a square stand, sharp corners, small bezels and its LED, I'm getting 2 more of these and wanted to know what you all think about these monitors for a 3 monitor setup/eyefinity? Please advise.

 

[Skurge]

They might be a bit too short tbh, other than that. Perfect I would say.

It doesn't have DP so you'll need an adapter.

 

[CJBronco II]

They might be a bit too short tbh, other than that. Perfect I would say.

It doesn't have DP so you'll need an adapter.

Cool thanks. I can order one from NE or get one from Radio shack which is 3 miles from my house, however you don't think 1600x900 will be an issue?

 

[Skurge]

No, but there was a member here who has 3x 1600x900 monitors hooked up to a 6850. Bastingcap. He doesn't post here much.

He didn't have any issues with it.

 

[CJBronco II]

No, but there was a member here who has 3x 1600x900 monitors hooked up to a 6850. Bastingcap. He doesn't post here much.

He didn't have any issues with it.

Skurge,

cool. This makes me feel better. His 6850 is 2GB memory, EAH5870 is only 1GB.. Forsee any struggle pushing the 3 monitors? Appreciate your responses.

 

[busydude]

His 6850 is 2GB memory, EAH5870 is only 1GB..

No, 6850 has 1GB of VRAM. .

3 x 1600 x 900 ~= 2 x 1920 x 1080 ~= 2560 x 1600

You are going to be VRAM limited in some modern games.. What games do you play BTW?
You have to dial down the eye candy to enjoy eyefinity.. and make sure you buy an active DP -> DVI adapter like this one.

 

[CJBronco II]

No, 6850 has 1GB of VRAM. .

3 x 1600 x 900 ~= 2 x 1920 x 1080 ~= 2560 x 1600

You are going to be VRAM limited in some modern games.. What games do you play BTW?
You have to dial down the eye candy to enjoy eyefinity.. and make sure you buy an active DP -> DVI adapter like this one.

Busydude,

Thx for your response. Here is a list of games I am currently playing

MWII Multiplayer
Black OPs Multiplayer (just recently started the storyline)
WoW
BFBC2 (over mid-way through the story line


Future games I want to play

Diablo III
Metro 2033


This is the display adapter I bought.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-032-_-Product

 

[Zargon]

that adapter should work, I have used the cheapie active sapphire one w/o issue already

 

[CJBronco II]

that adapter should work, I have used the cheapie active sapphire one w/o issue already

Thanks. I appreciate it.

 

[busydude]

Busydude,

Thx for your response. Here is a list of games I am currently playing

MWII Multiplayer
Black OPs Multiplayer (just recently started the storyline)
WoW
BFBC2 (over mid-way through the story line


Future games I want to play

Diablo III
Metro 2033


This is the display adapter I bought.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-032-_-Product

What the specs of your system?

 

[Red Storm]

Do keep in mind that Eyefinity does not work in XP, just in case you're not running Vista or 7. Just FYI.

 

[Zargon]

A^^^

good point! forgot about that!

 

[CJBronco II]

What the specs of your system?

Processor = i7 920
RAM = Corsair Dominator Series 6GB 1333MHz
Harddrive = WD 500GB
MB = Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
PSU = Corsair 850HX Modular
Tower = Coolermaster HAF 922

 

[CJBronco II]

Do keep in mind that Eyefinity does not work in XP, just in case you're not running Vista or 7. Just FYI.

Thanks man. I'm currently running Win7 Ultimate