what you need for a 3 monitor setup help

Meridiusuk

Meridiusuk

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hi all

what do you need for a 3 monitor setup do you need 2 gfx cards? if so so they need to be the same grand and need to be crossfired

any help or info would be helpfull

thanks
 
i have a ati 5770 in at the moment sahpire x-vapour and windows 7 pro would i be still be able to use ATI Eyefinity advanced multiple-display

so what i need is at least 1 monitor with a displayport, i have a samsung 2443 at the moment and want another 2 monitors.

so do you just plug the other monitor into the other monitors display port abit like dasy chaining the monitors then to a gfx card ?

do the dell u2410 and u7211 have these ports ?

thanks
 
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ok so it would work like this

Q1
monitor 1 dvi 1
monitor 2 dvi 2
monitor 3 display port

Q2
ok how is the picture quality of the displayport comparied to dvi as i know when i used vga and went to dvi it was shaper and more cleaner picture, is the display port just as good as dvi ?

Q3
does using 3 monitors put strain on the gfx card at all ? i would be using

3 x 1920x1200 monitors

or

2 x 1090x1200 and 1 x 2560 x 1440

i have not decided yet, would this be ok

Q4
is it possable to have the task bar only in the centre monitor at all ?or just have it on 2 monitors the left and right monitors can you configure how you view the task bars thanks


thanks
 
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ahh so i can have the task bar in the centre screen and have it extended to the other 2 thats good

why do i need to have all the same res monitors ? do i need to i was going to mgot 2 x 24" and 1 x 27" maybe
 
Ok so my options are

1 use eyefinity and have the same size monitors all the same res,

2 use both dvi for the 24" same res. Buy a 2nd gfx card plug the 27" monitor into the dvi and use it's own res

want to have my task bar like this task bar left monitor just a bar, centre task bar with windows button, right task bar with clock is that poss ?


can u not plug 3 monitors into 1 card and not use eyefinity and still have different res or do I need another gfx card for this
 
i know what your saying but a post above said you can not have different res on eyefinity 2 x 24" and 1x27" which then would make the 27" look crap as it needs to lower it to the same res as a 24".

just wanted to know what i need to do to run 3 monitors 2 with the same res and the third with a higher different res if thats poss.

i have still not decided to go for a 3 x224" or 2x24" and 1x27"
 
Looks like I have to get 3 24" monitors as I wanted to have a diffrent res on the 27" and don't want to buy another gfx card. I would not care I don't play games I just use it for desktop work.

So the basic rule is if you want a mulit res multiple monitor setup u have to have 2 gfx cards and if u want the same res u can use 1 gfx card.

Correct ?
 
Ah right so eyefinty is only for games, I don't play games so I have the option of both?

Can u still have the task bar set up on all monitors without using eyefinity ?
 
I am sure my friend who lives miles away has no eyefinity gfx cards and he uses a 3 monitor desktop and he has the task bar on all monitors ? How come he is using 2 gfx cards by nvidia
 
am am suprised the ati do not support this as my friend said it does on a nvida cards so i would need to sue a third party program to use it for differnet res monitors or use eyefinity for the same res monitors and have the taskbar just in the centre or across all monitors
 
can you have the windows button on the centre screen the clock on the right screen and a plane bar on the left can you have this option on eyefinity ? as i dont want the windows button on the left and the plane bar in the centre? basicly swaping the left for the centre.
 
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