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PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012, 16:15 
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as you may noticed on my profile discription i'm in use of an AMD ati Radeon HD 6670 card.

this card has an DVI - VGA and HDMI output.

i now have 3 monitors, 2 22inch and 1 19inch all three widescreen.

i have plugged them all in my videocard.

but when i go to resolution preference of windows it shows me 2 active monitors and 1 grey 'inactive'. which i can't enable. only disable so it totaly ignores it. it does see the monitor. when i open eyefinity in amd preference it also shows the same two monitors. they do work because i can shut one down and enable the other one. so that's no problem.. i don't see the point of having the possibility to use three monitors but can only enable two... doesn't make sense at all..

can someone help me out to let it work??


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 Post subject: Correct?Now thats a hard
PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012, 16:35 
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Correct?

Now thats a hard question.... i know that you CANNOT run 2x DVI +1x HDMI on a AMD Card. You need to use at least 1 Displayport connection for 3 monitors.
But i have no idea what they made on the 6670. Maybe the just took the DVI-I and linked it to the VGA slot.

Try contacting AMD support maybe they know more.

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PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012, 17:22 
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thank you for your response,

yes that's my card

i know the displayport case but it isn't available on my card but when i download my driver it does allow me to enable eyefinity. but its crap with 2 monitors..

i really dont get why microsoft just wouldnt enable 3 monitors..


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PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012, 19:01 
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this card has an DVI - VGA and HDMI output.

This your problem, to attach a 3rd display, you need displayport.

This is not Microsoft's fault, it is the 6670 card which has hardware limitations.
You may find an older post of mine useful in explaining the situation.

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 Post subject: i try to read your post
PostPosted: 20 Sep 2012, 23:11 
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i try to read your post tomorrow, i really don't see why it shouldn't work. there is an eyefinity function. why isn't it disabled then.


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PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012, 00:07 
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because eyefinity can work with anything from 2 to 6 monitors.

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PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012, 08:25 
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but it's stupid that it needs an display port when my card, which is compatible somehow with eyefinity because its included in the console, and it can't get away with HDMI DVi and VGA. gonna read your post now


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 Post subject: i read it but i don't
PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012, 08:29 
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i read it but i don't understand.

i have an HDMI port and HDMI cable, how am i going to fix this?

and HDMI to Display to HDMI? it doesn't make sense to me. is it even possible?


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PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012, 10:24 
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Please beleive me, it will not work with that card with its current output connections.
You can only fix this by replacing the card for another that does have a displayport output, using an active displayport to vga/hdmi/dvi adaptor.

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PostPosted: 21 Sep 2012, 11:20 
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alright thank you, could you recommend me an decent card? i wan't to play gta V when it comes out so i do need an decent one.

thanks already


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