Radeon 6870 monitor help

[astinkybumb]

[Solved] Radeon 6870 multi monitor help

4 Monitors hook-up Solved!

Just got a single HD 6870 and am new to radeon (previously a Nvidia guy). Ok from what i have read these are the monitor set ups supported by a single radeon 6870.
My card is the xfx hd 6870: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561
Supported monitor configs:
http://hothardware.com/articleimages/Item1682/ati_eyefinity_configs.png

I currently have 3 22" monitors and a 22" hdtv mounted on a 2x3 monitor rack in this set up:3 monitors on bottom and the hdtv directly above the center monitor exactly like the "3x1 landscape plus 1 extended"

however i dont have the 3 eyefinity-ed together yet (just installed last night). i would like to get 2 19" used dell monitors and place them on the top on each side of the hdtv so it was a 3x2 set up. Like this:

Potentially this:

My question is can i eyefinity the bottom 3 22" monitors for gaming and just extend the 2 dell monitors that are above? with potential of using the hdtv as a 6th monitor and also keep it extended? if so what hardware would i need to connect 6 monitors to one card?

 

[Virssagòn]

Your gpu has not enough vram for that I think. (To play games and that stuff) you'll need at least 2gb memory

 

[astinkybumb]

so you if i dont have enough vram would crossfire 2 be the route to go?

 

[Virssagòn]

so you if i dont have enough vram would crossfire 2 be the route to go?

CF doesn't make your vram double... sry

 

[claptonman]

That would not increase the amount of vRam you have. You'll most likely be able to play on low-medium settings.

Smileman beat me to it.

 

[astinkybumb]

when you say not enough vram does that mean i wont have enough power to support 6 monitors? or power to support high resolution gaming in eyefinity? or neither. my last graphics card was a 9800gt that was pre installed on my system. im pretty oblivious to graphic cards.

 

[claptonman]

It will play, but the amount of vRam will be limiting it. VRam is directly related to resolution.

A single 1080p monitor uses more than 1GB of vRam, (playing BF3 on ultra) so imagine what 3 monitors would do.

So basically you won't get that great of framerates.

 

[wolfeking]

well, just as a reference, at 720p BF3 runs 1500MB @ ultra too.

 

[astinkybumb]

alright im not worried about running ultra graphics i would just like to optimize my 3 screens... how do i do that? ive been messing with it all night. I have a DVI cable in both DVI ports and a mini display to dvi display port and i can only get 2 monitors at once? what do i need to do to get the 3rd potentially 4th monitor?

 

[astinkybumb]

Ok apparently i need an active displayport adaptor for one of the mini display ports. If i want to run 4 monitors do i need two active display port adapters?
This graph i found for the 6870 is confusing me how do you get 2 displays connected to one mini display port?

according to this graph if i just plug in the cables for 4 monitors in dvi-d dvi-i and 2 mini display ports with no adapters i should be able to configure and use 4 monitors. however all 4 show up in catalyst program but when i have 2 selected and go to select a 3rd it says i need to disable one of my 2 selected.
i just want to be able to run 4-5 monitors ill leave my tv out of this. Again do i need 2 active display port adapters for the two mini display ports if i want to run 4-5 monitors?

 

[astinkybumb]

Does anyone have input on 4 monitors and if i need two active displaport adapters or not?

Bump

 

[astinkybumb]

Im gonna bump this one more time before i dub it dead. i would like to get my monitors working so if i need 2 active adapters i hope some one can tell me yes or no.

 

[kdfresh09]

yes, you need to get 2 x active display adaptors, if you want to run more than 2 monitors of the card. for gaming, running eye finity alone will be pointless for the most part, let alone running 4 + screens at ounce. but for non gaming purposes, you should be great.

 

[astinkybumb]

Thank you!!!! i plan to run eyefinity on 3 just during gaming. 4th will always be out of eyefinity mode for network monitoring vm or guides and stuff. thank you very much!