Eyefinity cable question.

Drojman · 9 Apr 2011 at 01:58

Hey guys, had a Sapphire 5970 for a little while now, and decided I wanted to give Eyefinity a crack. Got 3 monitors and I'm aware of the basic setup needs etc. except with my GPU I only seemed to get a mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter. I assume they would ship it with an adapter suited to my card, but I have no cable to connect it to my DVI slot on my PC monitor. What should I be looking to buy? Any help would be great.

Surveyor · 9 Apr 2011 at 11:45

You should have at least one monitor with DisplayPort for Eyefinity.

The "correct" setup is 3 monitors connected with DVI, DVI and DisplayPort.

I've seen some people using a DisplayPort to VGA adapter so they connect DVI to DVI, DVI to DVI and DisplayPort to VGA.

What connections do you have on your 3 monitors?

sypher365 · 12 Apr 2011 at 12:36

Depending on the card most don't come with a displayport adaptor and you will need to source that seperately.

You will need a active displayport to dvi cable for the 3rd monitor.

Sapphire do there own one more info here

RedStarRiot · 13 Apr 2011 at 13:39

the 5970 has a mini display port do why not just get this and connect a dvi cable and makes it simple.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-150-OK

old gamer · 13 Apr 2011 at 14:18

That's the one i use and works a treat

RedStarRiot · 13 Apr 2011 at 14:55

old gamer said:
That's the one i use and works a treat

the one i just posted yeah?

Never had any issues either. very easy, probably helps having 3 of the same monitor though also

blitzyuk · 15 Apr 2011 at 01:14

I have mine running off Radeon 5670HD 1GB (another one in Crossfire) and the connections i have is HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort to DVI using the same adaptor listed above. Works great no problems.