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| Author: | jonesyh [ 01 Mar 2009, 17:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Triplehead using VGA to DVI adapters |
Hello, I have a dual setup here with two 19" LG screens (1440x900 - 8:5). I use these mainly because they're cheap and the apparent flaws don't bother me that much. These screens have VGA output only, so I was wondering : Would it be possible for me to hook up three monitors with VGA to DVI-adapters to a Matrox Triplehead Digital edition? Other question is about my rig. The Matrox support site says that 3x1440x900 isn't supported with Crossfire on 4800-series cards, but I'm beginning to wonder that it's either bogus or outdated since I think I've seen people with crossfire setups running triplehead just fine. Not on that resolution though but I really question, why that resolution wouldn't be supported. My computers specs : AMD Phenom X4 9850 Sapphire Radeon 4850 512mb crossfire 4 gigs of ddr2 Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H motherboard Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP3 In a nutshell : Will VGA work via adapters and will Crossfire work? I'm one screen and a TH2Go away from triplehead and I ask you is it worth it to invest in terms of system functionality. |
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| Author: | Zarkus [ 01 Mar 2009, 20:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Triplehead using VGA to DVI adapters |
You can hook your screens to TH2GO with adapters. But you just cant use your those monitors with ATI. I have same sitsuation with you atm, with my HD 4870 X2. I'v tried in vista and XP to get those to work, but NOO. IT JUST WONT WORK. |
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| Author: | jonesyh [ 02 Mar 2009, 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Triplehead using VGA to DVI adapters |
Okay, thanks for the answer. I'm glad I returned the other 4850-card in warranty (got burned somehow because of mobo crashing, weird stuff) and I'm getting a new one replaced (hopefully) so I can just sell it straight away. The single card should be pretty sufficient for L4D anyway. Is the crossfire related issue on every 3x16:10 resolution or just 1440x900? Would be pretty lame it the compatibility issues could have been avoided if I'd just hunted for some cheap 4:3 screens. |
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| Author: | Zarkus [ 02 Mar 2009, 12:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Triplehead using VGA to DVI adapters |
Its ATI issue, nVidia works fine. |
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