Triple display question

[Nutbusta]

Hi folks,

I currently have 2xAti 5870 in my desktop running 2xDell U2412M monitors.

At the moment the first card is feeding both displays through the DVI and the display port.

If I get hold of another monitor can these cards drive the 3rd? The monitors only have VGA/DVI/Display port.... No HDMI available

Any suggestions?

 

[Drangueos]

sorry, I missed the information that you were using the display port already.
if at least one monitor have displayport you can connect the other 2 to any port, if your monitor doesn't have display port then you are going to need an active displayport to DVI or hdmi

 

[Nutbusta]

That was easy. Thanks chap

 

[Surveyor]

I'm not sure why you'd need an active DP to DVI adapter.

You only need to run one monitor from a DP connector and you're already doing that.

The third monitor you can just connect using the second DVI connector on the HD 5870.

 

[Orcvader]

As above, since you already have a monitor connected via DP, the 3rd one can be connected any way you want, DVI, VGA, DP, whatever is easier for you.

 

[Nutbusta]

Well technically I'm using a display port on one card and the dvi on the other as it wouldn't work using a dvi on each