Sapphire HD7870 Dual Monitors

[Razersoda]

I have recently bought second monitor for my build but a problem occurred:
My HD7870 only has one DVI port. To use both monitors (extended mode) I should have both of my monitors plugged in my video card. New monitor is DVI and the old one is VGA. What should I do?


Thanks, Razersoda.

Edit: HD7870 has one DVI, one HDMI and 2 Mini Display Port (mDP), which converter should I get ?
Edit2: Actually found a Mini Display Port to VGA adapter. Damn it's expensive, 18€. Is it really necessary? Or am I missing on something here ?

 

[KingFatty]

Can you use a very very cheap DVI-VGA adapter, and then perhaps an HDMI-DVI cable? I think that's the lowest price, and the counter-intuitive part is that you are using 2 adapters to save more money than using just one adapter.

It's just that those are the very cheapest adapters. keep in mind your DVI port must support analog, it will probably but just make sure. many many video cards would usually include the DVI-VGA adapter in the box.

 

[Razersoda]

Thank you for your answer. I managed to sort this out before though.

New monitor -> with HDMI
Old monitor -> with DVI-I x VGA

At first I didn't want to use HDMI because there were black borders, but I managed to solve this through CCC.

/lock, solved.

 

[Urdegish]

Sorry to bother you, I have recently bought a 7870 and attached two monitors in what I believe is the same setup as yours (dvi-i x VGA, and HDMI). I also managed to remove the black borders, but have you had any problems with your HDMI monitor, where if you open any windows it causes a sort of flickering/you are able to see the desktop background through the windows? I believe it primarily happens with flash based programs.

Thanks for your time