AMD 7950 and eyefinity

[bigdave2k9]

This may sound like a daft question, but ive spent the past few hours looking at various sites and i keep seeing a different version of the 7950 i have?!

The 7950 i bought from OC has 2x DVI 1x HDMI and 1x DP

The pictures i keep seeing are showing, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI and 2x DP

Have they changed the card in some way or is there two variations to this card?

 

[bigdave2k9]

It depends on the manufacturer on what connections they place on the card, but Eyefinity still works the same. First two monitor connections needs to be DVI, HDMI or VGA, while the third+ needs to use Displayport.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-275-AS&tool=3

The one i have, which is still different to the advertised image used.


How would i go about getting 4 monitors to link up to it?

As im getting 2 more monitors this week to have 3 horizontal next to each over on my desk, but i have my tv connected to it aswell....

Internet guides are not exactly detailed enough, there just like do this and this and it will work... which for me isnt helpful.

 

[bigdave2k9]

Might be a new revision of the card or something.

As for your card, unless your monitors support Displayport daisy-chaining, you're stuck to three monitors (TV to HDMI, monitor 1 to DVI, monitor 2 to Displayport. Second DVI will be disabled).

However, what's your PC specs? You could be able to use the onboard GPU for the 4th monitor.

Intel i5 3750k
Gigabyte Z77X-UP4 TH Intel Z77 Motherboard
16Gb Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3
Corsair A70 CPU Cooler
Asus HD 7950 3GB DDR5
OCZ 850 Watt PSU
1x Crucial M4 SSD 120GB

 

[bigdave2k9]

This isn't quite accurate.
If you have 2 or less monitors, you may use any combination of connections (1 DVi + 1 DP, 2 DP, 1 HDMI + DVI, etc).
If you have 3 monitors, you need to use at least 1 Display Port; the other two can be any combination (including the other DP).
If you have 4 monitors (and your card supports it - most 6xxx cards do, 5xxx ones don't), you need to use all the connections obviously.

Direct from the AMD website, i would need to support the 4 monitors,

2x display port
2x DVI / HMDI

Which this card dosnt have...

Edit:
Would i be right in assuming, if i got a displayport 1.2 hub i could get the extra monitor on?

 

[bigdave2k9]

He does, but while his 7950 has 4 physical connectors, only 3 will run together. The 4th monitor will be disabled by the card since it can't support it.

Displayport works differently from DVI/HDMI/VGA hence why it can support multiple DP monitors.

EDIT: Managed to find the pic:

This is me just being me, but i thought once you connected a graphics card the onboard is "disabled" and you just use the graphics card? Thats past experience, times change...

edit:
What would people recommend i use.. DVI/HDMI/DP or DVI/DVI/DP? Before you ask, the monitors in question are 3x Asus VS239HR 23" LED IPS Monitor