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Triple screen help

rubenmiranda Apr 25, 2016 1:55 PM

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

Re: Triple screen help

amdmatt Apr 26, 2016 7:44 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)

I believe this video should help you get started. If you any have any further questions, please do let me know.
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  rubenmiranda Apr 27, 2016 1:53 AM (in response to amdmatt)
  
  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
  
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    rubenmiranda Apr 27, 2016 1:52 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)
    
    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
    
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      amdmatt Apr 27, 2016 3:02 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)
      
      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.
      
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        rubenmiranda Apr 28, 2016 8:58 PM (in response to amdmatt)
        
        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
        
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        amdmatt Apr 29, 2016 4:07 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)
        
        Great, glad i could help. :)
        
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        rubenmiranda May 5, 2016 10:43 AM (in response to amdmatt)
        
        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
        
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        amdmatt May 5, 2016 11:11 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)
        
        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.
        
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        rubenmiranda May 5, 2016 12:59 PM (in response to amdmatt)
        
        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
        
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        amdmatt May 5, 2016 1:04 PM (in response to rubenmiranda)
        
        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.
        
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        rubenmiranda May 5, 2016 5:12 PM (in response to amdmatt)
        
        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
        
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        amdmatt May 6, 2016 12:55 AM (in response to rubenmiranda)
        
        What CPU and memory are you using?
        
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        rubenmiranda May 6, 2016 11:39 AM (in response to amdmatt)
        
        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
        
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        amdmatt May 6, 2016 1:53 PM (in response to rubenmiranda)
        
        Upgrading your CPU could be beneficial as you are using CrossFire and more CPU cores is always helpful.
        
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