Palit triple slot 4870x2

engstrom0304 · 5 Apr 2009 at 13:15

This has dvi, display port and hdmi so if i put dongles on the display port and hdmi to dvi then could i use three monitors on it?

elpedro · 5 Apr 2009 at 13:42

No disrespect, but incredibly old news

Frame352 · 5 Apr 2009 at 13:59

elpedro said:
No disrespect, but incredibly old news

What news? He's asking a question!

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 14:10

elpedro said:
No disrespect, but incredibly old news

He's not posting news, he's asking a question.

Yes, that would work fine, you would be able to run 3 monitors from it. Well, at least you would if you could find one. I don't know where you can buy these from.

Also, why are you wanting 3 screens? I'm assuming, if you want a 4870X2, then it's because you want to go triple screen gaming. If this is the case, you may need to know that the triple screen software option does not support as many games as the TH2GO.

engstrom0304 · 5 Apr 2009 at 14:24

can it not be done triple screens in the ati ccc

elpedro · 5 Apr 2009 at 14:44

D D Danneh said:
He's not posting news, he's asking a question.

I read the thread subject and was bombarded with a gigantic product shot...

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:01

engstrom0304 said:
can it not be done triple screens in the ati ccc

You can run triple screens for regular desktop usage and such, but for games, you will need some sort of software or hardware (I think). In the software case, it's SoftTH, in hardware case, it's the TH2GO.

Also, what size screens are you planning to run? Currently, in games, you cannot run three screens larger than 1680*1050, which means 22" or smaller for each screen. TH2GO requires three identical screens, but SoftTH can support two identical screens and then a different monitor in the center.

Take a look at what games are supported by both SoftTH (link) and TH2GO (link), and see if the software can offer what you need. If not, you will be forced to get a digital TH2GO, which I believe can cost about £200-300.

Although, if the software supports the games you will be running, then you can afford to spend more on another, or better GPU's, like SLI 285's or Crossfire 4870X2's, instead of the TH2GO box.

elpedro said:
I read the thread subject and was bombarded with a gigantic product shot...

Yeah I suppose it was a bit misleading. I read his other thread though, asking whether there was a 4870X2 with three outputs, so I was kinda expecting a question in this thread.

engstrom0304 · 5 Apr 2009 at 15:25

Well, there is a problem then as i have just bought 2 24" 1920x1200 monitors with the plan of buying another screen possibly a 22" in May for triple gaming monitors.

So is there any way i can run the full 1920x1200 resolutions on the 3 monitors?

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:03

engstrom0304 said:
Well, there is a problem then as i have just bought 2 24" 1920x1200 monitors with the plan of buying another screen possibly a 22" in May for triple gaming monitors.

So is there any way i can run the full 1920x1200 resolutions on the 3 monitors?

I believe SoftTH can do it, just be wary of frame rates. Have a look at benchmarks for 1920*1200, divide that by 3, and that's around the frame rate you'll get.

engstrom0304 · 5 Apr 2009 at 17:35

It'll be light work for my i7!!

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:43

engstrom0304 said:
It'll be light work for my i7!!

Unfortunately it comes more down to GPU than CPU for games. You should be fine though. If you consider that a a 4870X2 is double 4870's, and a 4870 as about 1.5x the performance of the 4830, then you should, theoretically, get about the same frame rates for your triple screen setup as a 4830 would on a 1920*1200.

widdyst · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:50

why the hell does a gpu need to be 3 slot

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 18:57

widdyst said:
why the hell does a gpu need to be 3 slot

card in one slot, custom cooler in two more. If you fitted your own cooler it would take up 3 slots so it's no different to that, just without the work.

rjk · 5 Apr 2009 at 19:26

same as the gainward

although this has the advantage of having palit frog on the box - we all know palit frog is the best

b-star · 5 Apr 2009 at 20:05

Sorry for asking, but I really can't get why people use Two in This case 3 monitors...???

D D Danneh · 5 Apr 2009 at 20:14

b-star said:
Sorry for asking, but I really can't get why people use Two in This case 3 monitors...???

Usually, dual monitors are for the extra desktop space. Why switch between apps when you could just have both open at once? Triple screening is generally for gaming, since with dual screens, your crosshair is in the middle, which makes it quite difficult.

Typhoon · 5 Apr 2009 at 22:55

Software Triple head (SofthTH) does not support Crossfire (or Sli), so your X2 will only be running in X1 mode, and it does not support games in DX10 or above. Also what games are compatible will be run slower than if you used a hardware solution (TripleHead2Go). You can however run 3 monitors at 1920x1200 or any combination.

engstrom0304 · 7 Apr 2009 at 17:49

D D Danneh said:
Unfortunately it comes more down to GPU than CPU for games. You should be fine though. If you consider that a a 4870X2 is double 4870's, and a 4870 as about 1.5x the performance of the 4830, then you should, theoretically, get about the same frame rates for your triple screen setup as a 4830 would on a 1920*1200.

Not so much with the i7

D D Danneh · 7 Apr 2009 at 18:01

engstrom0304 said:
Not so much with the i7

What do you mean? i7 doesn't magically increase frame rates.

If you have a dual core E8500 with a 4670, an i7 with a 4670 will perform pretty much equally, give or take a couple of fps.

Where it shines is when you have a lot of GPU power. If you had two 285's with an E8500 and two 285's with an i7, the i7 WILL have better FPS, not because the i7 enhances it, but because the dual core is bottlenecked. An i7 with a 4870 is NOT identical to an i7 system with, say, three 4870's.

DeathTyrant · 7 Apr 2009 at 18:57

^Yeah, I have heard that the main benefit of i7 is with loads of GPUs.^