AMD EYE FINITY

[Cherryroll]

So I recently bought a R9 290 and was quite happy with it for what I needed it do but at the time I only had 2 1080p monitors and when games launched they would only take up 1 screen at the time I said screw it I like having something open on the other window any way, Well I got a 3rd monitor recently the exact same as the others. When I try and play games in full windowed mode they still are only going on to 1 screen, I read some where that I NEED atleast 1 Mini-DP to run Eye Finity I also read some where that I can get an adapter from hdmi to Mini-DP and was wondering if this was the way to fix the issue before I throw another $50 or more dollars down the drain. I'm currently using 2 DVI and 1 HDMI for my current set up if any one was wondering and has a fix. Thanks

[Tripnator]

you cant use both DVI's and The HDMI, You can use one DVI one HDMI and one Display Port! What ports will be noted in the manual. 

[dragoon20005]

to run eyefinity

 

you def need to use the DisplayPort

 

and you must use the active DisplayPort adaptors

 

passive will not work and are a waste of money

 

 

if you dont mind paying more

 

you can go for DisplayPort MST Hub which supports 3 HDMI ports for 3 screen gaming

 

http://www.club-3d.com/index.php/products/reader.en/product/mst-hub-1-3.html

[Cherryroll]

Thanks guys I ended up going with the Adapters that the guy recommended in his video was only like $13 off amazon so I'm glad I didn't have to spend too much. Thanks for your help

[Cheddle]

So I recently bought a R9 290 and was quite happy with it for what I needed it do but at the time I only had 2 1080p monitors and when games launched they would only take up 1 screen at the time I said screw it I like having something open on the other window any way, Well I got a 3rd monitor recently the exact same as the others. When I try and play games in full windowed mode they still are only going on to 1 screen, I read some where that I NEED atleast 1 Mini-DP to run Eye Finity I also read some where that I can get an adapter from hdmi to Mini-DP and was wondering if this was the way to fix the issue before I throw another $50 or more dollars down the drain. I'm currently using 2 DVI and 1 HDMI for my current set up if any one was wondering and has a fix. Thanks

 

I ran eyefinity with a single r9 290 with two DVI and one HDMI - the graphics card has three clocks.

 

two ports (one dvi and the hdmi) share a clock (at least in the r9 280/x and lower) so those two have to be exactly the same resolution and refresh rate. aside from that any R9 card can run three screens over DVI/HDMI combined.

 

I have an r9 280x arriving today in the post I intend to run eyefinity over DVI/HDMI with three screens...