Hello gents
I have 2 amd 7850 in crossfire
And will setting up 3 lg 24"
I have been watching plenty of vid and reading put still a little lost
Will I need a passive adaptor?
What other cables will i need or switch box.
Is there a diagram for this ? That I can follow ?
Thank you for the help.
Ruben
I believe this video should help you get started. If you any have any further questions, please do let me know.
Hello Matt
Thanks for the video
I have to admit still a little confused, my monitors will be here today,
And I will set them up once I have them in front of me (I hope) things will be clearer on how to hook them up.
? If I do hook them wrong they just won't work right or can I burn them up or my graphic card.
Will post some pics in a few
For some guidence.
Ruben
Hello
Ok monitors arrived
My older monitor connection is Dvi
My two new moniters are HDMI
All 3 are lg 24" monitors same resolution and all.
Radeon 7850 2 gig vid card
Has these ports
1 data port
2 Dvi connections
1 HDMI connection
The monitors only came with a vga plug wire no HDMI wire.
I beleave the HDMI is better connection
So I will need to get 2 HDMI cables
Do I get a HDMI to dvi adaptor or a HDMI to data port adaptor that is passive ?
Thank you for your help.
Ruben
Your GPU can support a maximum of two passive display connections, HDMI/DVI. For the third and beyond display you will need to use either a) a native displayport to displayport connection or b) a displayport - HDMI/DVI Active Adapter.
Hello Matt
I got is all hooked up
And it is all working yay lol
I have some color settings to do and mounts and all.
But it is all working and it is awesome in game.
Thank you for your help.
Ruben
Hello
Back for a little more help
I will need a 4 18th monitor for office stuff and web browsing
On my main card where the tripples are hooked up there is a div plug left
But my extra monitor is div but they don't make a div to div active adaptor.
At least I can not find one
So my question is do I need to get a different monitor or will my 2nd card
Run a monitor ?
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks Ruben
You'll need to connect it to the second GPU, but make sure to first disable AMD CrossFire and disconnect the CrossFire ribbon. Enabling CrossFire disables all outputs on the second GPU.
Hello
Well shoot :-(
I don't want to lose my crossfire
What if l got another monitor that has HDMI connection and I got a div to hdmi adaptor that is active.
Would that work on my main card ?
Thanks
Ruben
That will only work if your 7850 has more than one DisplayPort connection. The third monitor and beyond must use a native DP connection, or a DP - HDMI/DVI active adapter.
Hello
Well I guess I am have to make do like this,
In till I can upgrade my video cards.
On baby upgrade time more power lol
Any suggestions on what I want to do and my system specs
On what to upgrade to AMD only crossfire
Thanks again
Ruben
Hello Matt
I am running
Cpu Intel core l5 3570K
Ivy bridge
Socket 1155 lga
Memory
Corsair
Vengeance ddr3 dual 8 Gbytes
I will be going to 16 Gbytes in think soon
Thanks for your help and advice
Ruben
Upgrading your CPU could be beneficial as you are using CrossFire and more CPU cores is always helpful.
Your GPU can support a maximum of two passive display connections, HDMI/DVI. For the third and beyond display you will need to use either a) a native displayport to displayport connection or b) a displayport - HDMI/DVI Active Adapter.