If a video card has VGA, DVI, hdmi then can i put 3 monitors on the card?
i have a vga monitor, and 2 dvi monitors. i plan to use a hdmi to dvi converter/adapter.
is this possible?
If a video card has VGA, DVI, hdmi then can i put 3 monitors on the card?
i have a vga monitor, and 2 dvi monitors. i plan to use a hdmi to dvi converter/adapter.
is this possible?
This isn't true for all graphics cards, tho, is it?It's an either/or for the DVI/HDMI. You can use either the DVI or the HDMI.
This isn't true for all graphics cards, tho, is it?
It's probably mostly so for integrated graphics, but I don't expect it to be the rule for dedicated ones.
I'm curious about this myself, since I'll be buying a new card shortly and it certainly has to support DVI+HDMI at the same time, with HDMI audio. (I'm mostly looking at the 5450 right now.)
It would be nice to have a compatibility list for this. Including which cards support the extended desktop, in case it's not so for all of them.
We learned it the hard way with a friend of mine. Luckily he has a Dell U2410 and the mobo's IGP also has a DP so now he's using HDMI for the HDTV and DP for the Dell and everything is working great
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Can you mention which mobo your friend has? From your comment, it seems that its onboard IGP is NOT disabled when a display card is installed, so that the card's HDMI output is used in conjuntion with the onboard DP output.
Does the display card used also has a VGA output? If so, can all three outputs (onboard IGP's DP plus the display card's HDMI and VGA) be used concurrently?
Thanks!
I think the right way to say this is, HDMI is just a translation of the DVI output, so it shares hardware with the DVI output. When you have a dual-DVI card with HDMI, and you plug something into the HDMI port, one of the DVI ports will no longer be usable.No, it's not true. On pretty much any videocard, you can use dvi and the hdmi-port. If you want more then two screens on the HD 5xxx-card, you will have to use one displayport in addition to either two dvi's or dvi + hdmi.
No, it's not true. On pretty much any videocard, you can use dvi and the hdmi-port. If you want more then two screens on the HD 5xxx-card, you will have to use one displayport in addition to either two dvi's or dvi + hdmi.
Also note, sometimes a passive displayport to vga adapter works, some people claim.
so i dont need a monitor with displayport? the 3rd monitor just needs VGA so i can use a display port/vga adapter?
This is correct..
If you get a 5xxx card you hook up the monitors like this:
DVI -> Monitor #1
HDMI -> DVI adapter -> Monitor #2
DisplayPort -> VGA adapter -> Monitor #3
*or*
DVI -> Monitor #1
DVI -> Monitor #2
DisplayPort -> VGA adapter -> Monitor #3
The key is one monitor has to be fed off the DisplayPort, even if you use an adapter to change the format. So DisplayPort -> VGA is what you are looking for.
I have a question about the ATI card - the POWERCOLOR HD 5550 has 3 ports DVI, HDMI and VGA and yet it is stated in the specs
http://powercolor.com/Global/products_features.asp?id=230#Specification
that is can drive 3 monitors because it has 3 independent display controllers.
So is it correct to assume that I can use all 3 outputs for a triple monitor setup?
Has anyone actually tried this?
Thanks in advance and I hope to get some feedback because I am planning to buy the card tomorrow.
ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology *2,*3
Three independent display controllers
-Drive three displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
Display grouping
-Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
*2. ATI Eyefinity Technology can support up to 6 displays using a single enabled ATI Radeon graphics card the number of displays may vary by board design and you should confirm exact specifications with the applicable manufacturer before purchase. ATI Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort connectors, and/or certified DisplayPort adapters to convert your monitors native input to your cards DisplayPort or Mini-DisplayPort connector(s), are required
Feature Support
OpenGL - Support
CrossFireX Technology - Support
ATI Stream Technology - Support
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