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PostPosted: 28 Aug 2012, 14:46 
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Hi, Im waiting on a delivery of three monitors that are all vga! I know I know I wouldnt have bought them had i known! just goes to show how green i am to this. Also coming is a second 6870 card ( have one already)

The question is, how do i set them up? Im reading all this stuff about active ports etc and then reading somewhere else that i dont need it? please can someone shed some light, Sorry for being sucha noob. Thanks in advance.

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2x XFX RADEON HD 6870 GRAPHICS CARDS 1GB GDDR5

2 x MINI DISPLAY PORT TO VGA ADAPTERS

1 x DV-I TO VGA ADAPTER

3 x NOVATECH 2210B 22" MONITORS 1920 X 1080

3 x VGA CABLES

3 x POWER CABLES


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PostPosted: 28 Aug 2012, 15:28 
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Perhaps this video that I see when I built my Eyefinity can help you, or at least give you an idea of how it works.
It appears that, with a adapter DP=>VGA should work on Eyefinity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb_PjPG0A_E
At the end chooses to buy a monitor with DisplayPort support.


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PostPosted: 29 Aug 2012, 08:18 
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Display port adapters need to be active
the dvi ports on the 6870, one is dvi-i one is dvi-d you must use the dvi-i port with a vga monitor
all monitors must connect to a single card


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