Would this work/what cables?

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 20:50

Another question

Ok well, I currently have ATI Radeon HD 6870 and plan on buying 3x BenQ 21.5" LED Monitor

Basically, the gfx card has:

1 Dual Link DVI-I and 1 single link DVI-D
1 HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort

So, for me to link the 3 screens, would I just need 3x this and 1x this for it to work with Eyefinity?

Want to make sure before I buy them to find theres something I missed

Surveyor · 20 Sep 2011 at 20:57

That would work but you don't need dual link DVI cables for £12 each.

Three single link DVI-D cables for a few pounds each will be fine.

FYI if you plan on gaming at 5760x1080 a single HD 6870 will give pretty poor performance.

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:15

I plan on purchasing another 6870 and crossfire them.

So 3x this and 1x this will do the trick?

Surveyor · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:18

Scotteh said:
I plan on purchasing another 6870 and crossfire them.

So 3x this and 1x this will do the trick?

That will work but everything is out of stock.

Again those are dual link cables, which are fine, but if you can find single link DVD-D cables for cheaper then those will do the job as well.

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:20

Ah, so it is

I just looked up the cheapest bunch under DVI section of OCUK and it was there

With 2x 6870 should gaming be fine with 3 monitors @ 5760x1080? (apparently my mobo is x16 single, x8 dual)

Surveyor · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:39

Scotteh said:
Ah, so it is I just looked up the cheapest bunch under DVI section of OCUK and it was there

With 2x 6870 should gaming be fine with 3 monitors @ 5760x1080? (apparently my mobo is x16 single, x8 dual)

Running at x8/x8 isn't a problem. I imagine the 1GB of VRAM will be the limiting factor at that resolution.

I'm sure the usual suspects can answer that question.

Perhaps you should start a new thread asking for opinions/information on Crossfired HD 6870's at 5760x1080 resolution.

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:41

Ok thanks, only been registerd for a few days and already made like 6 threads

Surveyor · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:46

Scotteh said:
Ok thanks, only been registerd for a few days and already made like 6 threads

That's what the forum is here for.

I'm sure there must be someone who has experience of running a similar setup.