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Multiple cards with multiple monitors?

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Siyko

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Hey there,

I'm putting together a new PC and decided to finally try out ATI after years of NVidia loyalty. Looking at specs, it seems ATI is just ahead of the game right now.

I have most things figured out, but I'm looking at this video card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127490
Now I'm a bit skeptical about a card like this being priced so low, but the reviews seem solid. The only real issue is the video output:

1xHDMI
1xDisplayPort
1xDVI

I've used two monitors for a long time, and it's vital - they're both currently connected through DVI as my current video card has two DVI outputs.

How would this work with this card if I went with CrossFire and got two of these cards? Could I plug one monitor into each card and have dual monitors working both through DVI? I'm certain they monitors don't support HDMI so I hope so.

I'm also not convinced my money wouldn't be better spent on just a single 5870 as this site:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
seems to indicate it's leagues better.

Thanks for any advice!
 
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If you look at the pics, it seems to show that there's an HDMI -> DVI converter included, so you should be able to connect two DVI monitors to the single card with the included adapter. If not you can get adapters for quite cheap.
 
There is even a cable that does HDMI-DVI at monoprice, I used it the other way to get output to my TV.
 
For clarification:
Running 2 or more ATI cards simultaneously = CrossFireX
Running 2 or more Nvidia cards simultaneously = SLI

Anyway, as far as I know, you've to connect all your monitors to the same (primary) card when running a CF setup.
What's to purpose of your upgrade? Will you use both monitors for gaming?
 
2x 5770 in Crossfire actually benches slightly above a single 5870 in most games (I suppose because each 5770 gets a full 16 lanes of PCI-e bandwidth) and is over $100 cheaper so it's a great deal. But you do have all the caveats of dual-gpu gaming.. some games may get microstutter and others just may not be optimized well for dual gpu.

But from the benches I've seen Crossfire runs pretty well now.
 
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