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Will this card handle surrond in single?
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Author:  rebelstar [ 29 Nov 2011, 17:17 ]
Post subject:  Will this card handle surrond in single?
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/NVIDIA_Series/ENGTX580_DCII2DIS1536MD5/

It has Display port + 2 DVIs and HDMI . I know most of all nvidia cards can't do that except few models from Galaxy and Zotac.
I can't find extra information about this ASUS to understand can I use 2 DVIs and Display port on 3 monitors like on my Radeon 6970?
Author:  Delphium [ 29 Nov 2011, 18:14 ]
Post subject:  Hello, as the card has a
Hello, as the card has a display port, this in theory could work for surround... the asus page also states "3D Vision Surround for immersive 3D gaming ".

Which would indicate to me that it can but I do not have first hand experience to confirm.

You will of cause need a DP monitor or an active adaptor to dvi/hdmi/vga to use the DP port.

EDIT:- If no one else can confirm then you may be safe to buy the product and test it, if it does not work in surroud, then you should have every right to return it and get a full refund based on false advertising, I would recommend you discuss this with your retailer first, or ask if they can indeed confirm or at least test this for you.
Not all retailers will but some are more helpfull than others when it comes to testing a device.
Author:  rebelstar [ 29 Nov 2011, 18:22 ]
Post subject:  Question solved.
Hi and thanks!
Question solved. Unfortunately I can't use 3 monitors even on this card
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_580_Direct_Cu_II/3.html

"The card has two DVI ports, one full-size HDMI port and one full-size DisplayPort. Unlike AMD's latest GPUs, the output logic design is not as flexible. On AMD cards vendors are free to combine six TMDS links into any output configuration they want (dual-link DVI consuming two links), on NVIDIA, you are fixed to two DVI outputs and one HDMI/DP in addition to that. NVIDIA confirmed that you can use only two displays at the same time, so for a three monitor setup you would need two cards."


Damn.. Well, I'll keep using my 6970 then, it's completely have no logic to order second expensive card to run 3 screens
Author:  Delphium [ 29 Nov 2011, 19:06 ]
Post subject:  Thanks for posting back your
Thanks for posting back your findings, pitty it is unable to handle surround, but not totaly unexpected.
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