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ElliorR

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Hello all

I am doing a new build next week and am favouring Nvidia for my GPU requirements.

Currently I have, on my GTX 460, 2 monitors via DVI and my TV via HDMI. I don't multi screen game, not that bothered about that, but with this current set up I have to switch display between my 2nd monitor and TV when I want to game or watch a video, from my computer, on my TV.

With the newer cards, and I'm looking at this card, is it as simple as having all 3 screens running at once from the 2 DVI and 1 HDMI connectors or is there more to it than that?

Thanks for any help anyone can give me.
 
Unlike the AMD cards, it is possible to run three monitors from a modern Nvidia card such as the GTX 770 using 2x DVI + 1x HDMI. So you should be good to go.

The only situation where you would need to use the Displayport instead of the HDMI port is when running Nvidia 3D surround or a monitor that does not fully function with HDMI (such as a 120/144Hz monitor or a very high resolution monitor)
 
andi you can do the same on AMD cards. Setting them up is a bit annoying though. Having said that, why not go display port?

Edit: It does restrict the refresh rates and stuff on all three if not using DP though I think this is the same for the nVidia setup, could be wrong.

Edit2: Apparently the nVidia is double dual-link though its confusing as it says both are dvi-i but one is clearly dvi-d in the picture, *confused*
 
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Any cards will do the job, AMD or Nvidia.

Also, the new R9 290 or 290x also have two DVi-Dual Link Output along with a Display Port output and HDMI one.

You can have up to 5 monitors in surround with AMD (with MST hubs), unlike Nvidia, which is limited to 3.
 
Yea, I think its 60Hz limit if you use one of the monitors on HDMI when using Nvdia surround. However, if you don't use Nvidia surround and just configure the monitors to run independently then I think you will be able to use higher refresh rates on the DVI monitors.

As for AMD being able to do the same, you are quite right - R9 290 series cards do indeed allow you to connect three monitors just using the DVI and HDMI ports. I got confused as the 7900 cards only features 1xHDMI and 1xDVI - which is something they have reversed on their newer cards.
 
cmndr_andi said:
Yea, I think its 60Hz limit if you use one of the monitors on HDMI when using Nvdia surround. However, if you don't use Nvidia surround and just configure the monitors to run independently then I think you will be able to use higher refresh rates on the DVI monitors.

As for AMD being able to do the same, you are quite right - R9 290 series cards do indeed allow you to connect three monitors just using the DVI and HDMI ports. I got confused as the 7900 cards only features 1xHDMI and 1xDVI - which is something they have reversed on their newer cards.
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Wrong again.

The HD 7970 or R9 280x also have 4 outputs.

The HD 7970 has: 1 x DVI-Dual Link , 1 x HDMI, 2 x Mini Display Port

amd-radeon-hd-7970_output-connectors.jpg
 
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