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Author:  Ghostwire [ 11 Nov 2011, 08:24 ]
Post subject:  6870 E6 with 5 Monitors

Hi Widescreen-Fellows !

I want to upgrade my GPU and my monitors and have the following question:

If I choose a HD6870 Eyefinity6 and three monitors with display port + two monitors with DVI/HDMI.
Is it correct that i DON'T need any ACTIVE (!) DP adaptors to connect all five monitors?

Author:  wagoo [ 11 Nov 2011, 13:20 ]
Post subject:  Ghostwire wrote:Hi

Hi Widescreen-Fellows !

I want to upgrade my GPU and my monitors and have the following question:

If I choose a HD6870 Eyefinity6 and three monitors with display port + two monitors with DVI/HDMI.
Is it correct that i DON'T need any ACTIVE (!) DP adaptors to connect all five monitors?


The "Eyefinity 6" version looks to have 6 mini displayports, so you would need adapters for the DVI only screens.

I use Asus DirectCu II (6950 or 6970) - which has 4 normal sized DP plus 2 DVI. This sounds more suited to your setup. I'd also say, the extra grunt over a 6870 would come in handy at 5 monitor resolutions.

Author:  suiken_2mieu [ 11 Nov 2011, 19:56 ]
Post subject:  Hi, I've go the 5870

Hi, I've go the 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition, what's going to happen is that for 2 of the monitors you can use passive miniDP->DVI adapters that come with you card to connect them.
All the others will need active adapters.

Author:  Ghostwire [ 14 Nov 2011, 08:10 ]
Post subject:  suiken_2mieu wrote:All the

Thanks for the answers!

All the others will need active adapters.


Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?

I use Asus DirectCu II (6950 or 6970) - which has 4 normal sized DP plus 2 DVI. This sounds more suited to your setup. I'd also say, the extra grunt over a 6870 would come in handy at 5 monitor resolutions.


Nice card. And you are right, it would suit well for the setup. But it's more expensive (100€), so I think I'll take the E6 with the two adaptors.

Author:  Delphium [ 14 Nov 2011, 16:41 ]
Post subject:  Ghostwire wrote:Except they

Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?

Correct :)

Author:  Ghostwire [ 15 Nov 2011, 07:20 ]
Post subject:  Delphium wrote:Ghostwire

[quote]Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?

Correct :)

THX ! :onethumb

Author:  suiken_2mieu [ 15 Nov 2011, 18:19 ]
Post subject:  Ghostwire wrote:Thanks for

Thanks for the answers!

[quote]All the others will need active adapters.


Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?

Whoops, sorry I was just scanning.

Author:  Ghostwire [ 16 Nov 2011, 09:19 ]
Post subject:  suiken_2mieu wrote:Ghostwire

[quote]Thanks for the answers!

[quote]All the others will need active adapters.


Except they are connected DP to DP (see original post), correct?

Whoops, sorry I was just scanning.

No Problem ;)

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