Help needed

[MivkM]

Hi Guys,

Am looking for a graphics card or two to run my four monitors running at 1920 x resolution.

anyone have any suggestions, budget of up to £400 if possible. Not being used for gaming but basic use and some photo editing.

 

[95thrifles]

you got a budget?
If its high enough a 5870 using eyefinity has 4 outputs, you prob dont need the grunt if youre not gaming though

 

[MivkM]

budget of up to £400 if possible.

Cheers bud

 

[95thrifles]

lol, I clearly cant read, sry, as above a 5870 then

 

[MivkM]

Appreciate your help here, haven't looked into cards for a while now so being stupid:

Has 2 x DVI the 5870 how do i run these with 4 monitors?

Cheers.

 

[Meaker]

The regular 5870 only supports 3 AFAIK.

It has 4 outputs: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x Displayport.

I think you can use 2x DVI + 1x DP or 1x DVI + 1x HDMI + 1x DP

 

[95thrifles]

has 2 Dual link DVI, 1 HDMI and 1 Displayport, hopefully your monitors have those inputs, if not there are adapters available

 

[95thrifles]

The regular 5870 only supports 3 AFAIK

Thought eyefinity supported upto 6? Just not seen any with 6 ports

Edit: checked it out and the support is as follows

The only catch to this specific port layout is that the card still only has enough TMDS transmitters for two ports. So you can use 2x DVI or 1x DVI + HDMI, but not 2x DVI + HDMI. For 3 DVI-derived ports, you will need an active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter

So you're gonna need 2 cards then, obv not 2 5870s, lol

 

[Meaker]

There will be an eyefinity edition of the 5870 next year supporting 6 monitors.

 

[MivkM]

So if i had to go for two card up to £400 max would two cards would you chaps use?

have two PCI-E slots, is an HP workstation

 

[UKDTweak]

If its not for gaming, how about 2x 5770 ?

 

[neo-omega]

WOuld they be running in crossfire or would you have to disable it in order to use all the ports on both GFX cards?