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PostPosted: 02 Feb 2012, 16:52 
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Hey guys,
I'm currently running 2 x Radeon HD 4870 1GB video cards and I'm going to use my tax return to jump up to a multi-monitor setup. Now both these cards have dual dvi connections, so I shouldn't have any problems hooking up 3 monitors to the my system, correct? Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.

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PostPosted: 02 Feb 2012, 17:19 
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That's not the case, only HD5000 and above cards are Eyefinity capable, also to use Eyefinity all 3 monitors have to be connected to one card, and crossfire disables the outputs on the second card anyway.

Have a look at the FAQs in the top menu bar for some general information on AMD Eyefinity and Nvidia Surround :)

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PostPosted: 02 Feb 2012, 19:48 
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Well, that's a bit of let down. I guess I need to upgrade my video cards as well. Oh darn.

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