Hi all,

Dont know if this has been posted already, not seen anything about it.

I have bought 3 x Benq 24" screens LED versions.

Im running 2 dvi based and the 3rd im using off the displayport and running it via VGA. Display port to VGA adapters are cheap and 2 a penny. And its working perfectly!!

No need for a Active DVI Displayport if you can use VGA on your monitor

Couldnt be happier love it.

Interesting!

Now I just need a 3rd screen!

on a side note, i was looking at the BenQ LED 24 inch monitors looking to pick up a couple, spotted them at around £150, how are they?

is there a noticeable differance in contrast and picture due to the LED backlighting?

recomend it over a 24 bog standard Dell say?

Thinking about it..
Doesn't make sense.

Hey Martini1991,

What doesnt make sense?

soundood,

What can i say? i have dropped down to these screens from a dell 3007, i love the eyefinity setup as a whole. the 3007 was obviously a far better panel. the benq's do feel a lot cheaper than the dell and to be honest they were.

I canna really fault the panel itself though, for the price they are ace and i love it.

Hey, is this still working good for you? I got 2 Samsung 2343BW and am thinking of a third. I want to run 3 of the Samsungs in eyefinity but £70 for an adapter is a joke.

P.s. I've read about that vga adapters work up to 1920x1080... but these display 2048x1152, any ideas?

I've been using this method for a month or two without problems. VGA on my monitors looks fine also - I was concerned that it would be blurry and/or with dodgy colours.

I'm sure we all tried this and it never worked :S.
As the signal had to be actively converted or summit?

What adaptor do you use?
A friend of mine's willing to buy my DP monitor.

Im just using a bog standard Displayport to VGA adapter.

And its deffo not active.


Works a treat.

Iv spotted this on a few other forums, 12 quid for n adapter to VGA

Martini1991 said:

I'm sure we all tried this and it never worked :S.
As the signal had to be actively converted or summit?

What adaptor do you use?
A friend of mine's willing to buy my DP monitor.

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Yea people found it working since a couple of weeks after Eyefinity.

As VGA is anologue and DP is digital, it contains all the correct converters within the adapter. Although im not sure on the quality compared to native DP /active adapter.

I feel kind of scammed now, running this DP with 2 VGA's =/.

Dammit, enough people said this didnt work when i bought the active adapter 3 months ago!

I feel like a mug if this is true. £80 for a cable.

But was it a Monster cable? ahahaha.... sorry guys.

Frickin awesome, time to get an adapter bought and raid the families monitors lol

I promise guys, it works a treat, and on the benq's i can see no difference in quality between the DVI and VGA connected monitors. And best of all no flicker

The outputs put out an analogue signal that is separate from the digital signal and is not restricted by the same limitations.

I have an HDMI to DVI adaptor is it possible to use this and the other 2 DVI outputs on my card to run eyefinity.

Nope. You cannot use the 2 DVI and the HDMI.

The links are Display Port, DVI, HDMI or DVI. (not both on the same line).


Also I installed last night on a friends PC a 5770 (X2 Athlon).
I know overkill, but he needed the 3 (4 since one is cloned) screens since he is building a full size 737 simulator for FS2004.

Yes the game doesn't support eyefinity, but that wasn't the case since he needs the screens expanded to put controls.