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6950 help

Slade2

Slade2

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Ok I currently have this card

http://www.msi.com/product/vga/R6950-2PM2D2GD5.html#/?div=Driver&os=Win7 32

This is a reference 1 card and i believe it can be flashed to a 6970 although I have not done this becuase it works at the moment and I am always reluctant to change it if it works.

Anyways on to the reason for the post. I am currently running 2 monitors from this card from the two DVI outputs. My main TV in the house sits about 4 or 5 meters away from me and is mounted on the wall. I would need a HDMI lead that was about 15 meters or so (might get away with 10 if I am lucky) to reach the TV. I just wondered what I need to do in the settings and what HDMI lead to buy so I can link the TV up to my PC and then play my movies on the TV. I am of course looking to get sound through to the TV also. I dont really want to mess about with the setting in CCC until I know I have the right lead. If anyone could point me in the right direction or offer some advice or a better approach to this that would be great. I did use a WDTV to watch some movies but would love to be able to use the PC as I can then watch some 3D movies without having to transcode the audio beforehand.
 
I have my 6950 doing exactly this. 2 DVI's to monitors and a HDMi to my TV using a 10 meter cable.
Any HDMi lead will do the cheapest on ebay will suffice.
To change between the displays it's just a case of right clicking on the desktop clicking screen resolution and selecting the multiple displays tab to extend to HDMi. This on mine disables one of my monitors and the audio can then be outputted via the HDMI to your tv.
 
You can flash the BIOS but there are two types of flash,one that unlocks the shaders and one that alters the memory and core clocks,some users have had memory degradation due to different memory timings ect used on the 6970 so I would just do the shader unlock flash
 
Thanks Moogleys this is exactly what I want to do. Can you tell me do you have any trouble with playing any files? I am hoping to output some large MKVs on to the TV and before I buy the lead I am hoping it will cope with the files in question some of them are 3D movies. This deffo seems like the better solution I have even looked at getting a replacement streamer for my WDTV but would love this to actually work.
 
Slade2 said:
Thanks Moogleys this is exactly what I want to do. Can you tell me do you have any trouble with playing any files? I am hoping to output some large MKVs on to the TV and before I buy the lead I am hoping it will cope with the files in question some of them are 3D movies. This deffo seems like the better solution I have even looked at getting a replacement streamer for my WDTV but would love this to actually work.
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No idea about 3d stuff but my ripped to drive 40gb plus Blu-ray backups play perfectly even when still using the pc for other stuff. I use the K-lite codec pack which plays anything I have ever tried.
 
Thanks for the quick replys guys really usefull info there. I will check out ultramon does the trial have any limits to it? Also having looked around for a HDMI lead OC do this one

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-057-OK

I suppose thats quite generic as HDMI leads go and that should do the job I have read stories about anything longer than 10 meters having trouble with signal degredation any one have any experience on this?
 
interested in ultramon,

will it alter main display etc from my pc monitor to the TV automatically? at present i have to manually switch the monitor on in 'screen resolution' then select make primary, then switch it back to the main monitor and disable the TV, its kind of a faff.

@OP

i run 2 monitors from my 6950 and my 3D hdtv simultaneously

audio is a bit of a dog to get working initially [well it was for me] had to restart the pc, enable and disable a few things but all thats needed is a HDMI cable [mine is 1.4a]

it runs all 3 monitors fine
2560x1440 primary via display port
1920x1200 second monitor via Dual link DVI
1920x1080 HDTV via HDMI passing lossless audio and Full hd video too, plays games fine too on it [using wireless keyboard/wireless mouse or xbox 360 controller, use a mx air for a media centre remote

mine is also flashed to 6970 shaders [had 2 in crossfire until last week both flashed]

my hdmi cable is only 5M so i got a cheap one, ive read you should spend a bit more on 10m+


hope this helps
 
yeah I am thinking I might spend a little more on the cable and get a 20 meter one at least then I can use it elsewhere in the house should the need arise or I have a move around.

I use XMBC on the upstairs pc and am planning on setting it up for the wife to use when/if I get this all setup it does look amazing on the TV upstairs and should look even better on the downstairs TV. Is there a way to share 1 copy of XMBC across the network or so? since it would be a faff to update 2 seperate copies of essentially the same program on each computer although the upstairs PC does have vista and the downstairs PC has windows 7 it would just be nice to be able to update all in one go.
 
Ultramon is a handy piece of kit, couldn't live without it as I have been using it for a few years now.

With my setup the PC is in the cupboard under the stairs on a 24" Samsung monitor with the hdmi cable going through the wall to my Samsung TV.

@al4x, Ultramon has a very handy 'mirror the taskbar' option which shows what is open on the main display that you can right click it and swap it to the screen you are watching.

Regarding the HDMI cable, buying a more expensive cable over a cheaper one is pointless, it won't give you a better picture or sound than the cheaper one.

@the OP, unlock the shaders mate, it's so simple and takes a whole 2 minutes, as long as you flash the unlocked bios only, even if you were to make a mess of it(unlikely if you can follow very simple instructions), the backup bios will still leave you with a working card.
 
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