Eyefinity/NV-surround at different refresh rates

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Seirrah

Seirrah

I have a Benq XL2410T (120Hz) and would like to add two BenQ G2450HM 24" monitors to enable AMD Eyefinity.

I only really care about running at 120hz on the main screen, and would be happy for the two side monitors to run at 60Hz. Is this possible?? I can't seem to find a definitive yes or no.

Similarly, would using an Nvidia card allow this?
 
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With an AMD card, in Extended Desktop mode you will be able to run each screen at a different resolution and refresh rate. However, in Eyefinity mode each screen needs to run the same resolution and refresh rate.
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<long version>
Eyefinity has to run all the screens at the same settings. It does this by duplicating the settings of the worst screen. If you run 2 x 1920x1080 screens and a 1024x768 screen, switch to Eyefinity and you'll be running 1024x768 on each!

I'm running a DGM L-2647WDH in the middle (1920x1200@60Hz) and 2x Iiyama E2409HDS's on the side (1920x1080@60Hz). Currently I've got a 7970, before I was running 2 x 5870's, the Eyefinity "rules" have been the same throughout. Just had a play, and in Extended Mode I was able to change my middle screen to 75Hz and keep the sides on 60Hz - my middle screen had to drop resolution to do it, but that won't be a problem on yours as your native refresh is 120Hz at full resolution.

When I switch to Eyefinity mode, Windows only sees one screen at 5760x1080 running at 60Hz. If I try to up the refresh rate, I would need to drop the resolution to 2400x600 as that is the highest setting my lowest spec screen can cope with.
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I don't know about NVidia's Surround and how strict it is with screens, but I believe it is stricter than AMD's requirements so I don't think that will work either. Hopefully someone with a working/better knowledge of NVidia Surround will chip in?
 
Thanks for your reply. Looks like I won't bother for a while, as two more 120Hz screens are a bit pricey.
 
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