Best way to connect 3 displays to a single PC?

[jim5000]

I'm currently trying to setup a 3 display system for someone. They have two 19" monitors with DVI inputs, and a 40" TV with HDMI inputs.

2 graphics cards in the PC is not an option, so I think the only way to go with this is with one of the new ATI cards and using eyefinity? The only problem I can see is that if you want 3 displays, one of them has to use the displayport.

Do OC do an adaptor so I could use the 2 DVI outs to drive the monitors and run and HDMI cable to the TV from the display port adaptor? Would this definately work?

VGA is out by the way, currently two of the screens are running off VGA and are to blurry for the user.

Cheers!

 

[kylew]

ATi's supposed to be releasing lower priced DP to DVI adapters soon with a price of about $30/£20, outside of that, the only other option is one of the expensive active DP to DVI adapters.

Then again, I have seen reports of people managing to get passive DP to DVI adapters working if the screen's res 1920x1200 or less.

 

[ThomasTheTankEngine]

I don't think you have to use eyeinfinity. Eye infinity spans one image across all 3 monitors. If you don't want do that and just want 3 regular screens, my 5850's have 2x dvi, the display port and a HDMI, so I'm pretty sure you could hook up 3 screens without using the display port or eyeinfinity.

 

[buttkinz]

You don't need anything more than a basic ati 5000 series card, 2 dvi connections for your monitors and the hdmi connected to your tv no need for any fancy adapters to just in 3 screens unless your playing games in eyefinity.

 

[disco Stu]

SoftTH works well