Eyefinity with 4 monitors?

[IronWarrior]

I'm currently setting up my brothers PC and he has four monitors.

We just brought a MSI 6950 Rev 1 for the PC which can power four monitors, but how do you set it up when all the monitors only have DVI ports?

I know you need one Active DP to DVI adapter to get three working, but what about four?

Do you need a second Active DP to DVI adapter?

Or can you set it up like this..

DVI - DVI
DVI - DVI
HDMI - DVI
DP - Active DP to DVI - DVI?

 

[ubershell]

I'm currently setting up my brothers PC and he has four monitors.

FOUR?!! Blimey, I think I have monitor envy

 

[IronWarrior]

FOUR?!! Blimey, I think I have monitor envy

They are Dell 2001FP's at 1600x1200 resolution, you can get them on eBay for about £30 to £60 each.

They not bad monitors to be honest, I used them for a while before moving onto my Eyefinity set of HP LA2405wg's.

 

[Burtoner]

lol im currently getting 3x Benq 24" monitors to replace my dell 2001fp monitor

 

[IronWarrior]

lol im currently getting 3x Benq 24" monitors to replace my dell 2001fp monitor

Nice one, Eyefinity is pretty awesome when it is up and running, but starting to hate all the custom settings.ini and .cfg jobs you gotta do for some games!

But, back to the question, anyone can help please?

Someone said, I still have to use two Display Ports on the GPU, but do both need an active DP to DVI adapter or can it be one active and one passive?

 

[Frapple]

Surely can only set up groups on either 3x1 1x3 6x1 or 1x6?

 

[IronWarrior]

Surely can only set up groups on either 3x1 1x3 6x1 or 1x6?

Yeah, thought the same, since I never seen anyone play on odd screens, just 3 and 6.

But according to AMD's own set-up page, you can do 1x4: http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/amd-eyefinity-technology/how-to/Pages/set-up.aspx

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Eyefinity is crappy with an even number... odd is best. 3 is ideal. EDITED: Apparently you can

 

[andy_mk3]

3 would be so much better, otherwise you'll have the monitor bezels bang in the middle.

 

[marc1024]

4 will be bad for gaming cause your cross hair will be in between the bezels. Where has 3, the middle monitor is clear and you can see better. 5, 7, 9, 11, 14 would be perfect for gaming. but 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 monitors would be rubbish due to the bezel in the middle.

If not gaming, 4 is good

 

[jammir]

think you have to use both dvi and both dp's not the HDMI could be wrong tho and for gaming would look wrong.

 

[Surveyor]

think you have to use both dvi and both dp's not the HDMI could be wrong tho and for gaming would look wrong.

That is correct.

You can't use both DVI's and HDMI at the same time.

For 4 screens with DVI connections it's:

2 x DVI to DVI
2 x Mini DisplayPort to DVI via active adapters

 

[simbady]

5, 7, 9, 11, 14 would be perfect for gaming. but 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 monitors would be rubbish due to the bezel in the middle.

If not gaming, 4 is good

fail

 

[Phase]

+1 about the 4 screens and the Xhair, buy two more and have infi6.

 

[Surveyor]

+1 about the 4 screens and the Xhair, buy two more and have infi6.

A standard 6950 won't support more than 4 screens.

For 6 screens you need a card with 6 usable connectors and a standard card can only use 4.