best connection options?

[jonny512379]

Hello All

as the title says, and would be grateful for any advice....

i have 3 monitors
Monitor 1 is HD with HDMI (+ VGA) input (Samsung sync-master (from COuk Black Friday sale))
Monitor 2 is HD with HDMI (+ VGA) input (small LG TV)
Monitor 3 is 1440 x 900 with DVI (+ VGA) input (old Dell UltraSharp)

i have 2 GPU's
1 is onboard with VGA only (not a good GPU)...
2 is Sapphire (original reference design) HD6950 with 2 x DVI and 2 x DisplayPort (i don't know if they are mini or full size)

Currently Monitors powered with:
Monitor 1 with the onboard VGA (dont want to do this, want HDMI)
Monotor 2 with DVI to HDMI from 6950
Monitor 3 with DIV to DVI from 6950

question 1 = could i power all 3 monitors with the 6950?
question 2 = would it be better to power monitor 1 and 2 with DisplayPort to HDMI (and could i then use the remaining DVI port to power monitor 3)
question 3 = if question 2 == true? what cables/converters will i need?

Sorry for the confusion, but as you can see, i am confused too....
basically i am looking for the best picture quality option....

Really grateful for any advice!

Jon

 

[FyreFunk]

1. You certainly could power them, but it depends what else you may want to do with them. I think it may struggle with an eyefinity type setup though.

2. Personally i would say yes, because its newer, and i just like DP, however im not sure if you would notice much of a difference. Im sure someone else may be able to answer this better than me. Or buy one cable and judge for youself.

3. DP to Hdmi adapter

However if you have a hdmi port why not just use a hdmi to hdmi, and skip an adapter?

Edit:forgot to mention, you may have to daisy chain the third monitor, which im not sure you can do with those monitors. Need some verification on this though.