Trouble making third monitor work on games

[Eliassos]

Hi,

 

I'm pretty new at this forum, my friend referred me to here for my problem.

 

I recently bought 3 monitors, with the intention to game with 3 monitors obviously, however I think I am missing a port on my GPU.

 

I have the AMD 6850 crossfire, there are 2 DVI outputs on each card. I assume to make them work all together - for gaming on triple screens- you need to connect all your 3 monitors on your one single GPU, AMD 6850 in this case. Is this correct?

I am one DVI port short, do I need an adapter for the extra port? ( DVI to HDMI, or DVI to a port that I don't know )

 

If so, how can I make all 3 monitors work?

 

I have no knowledge of computer cables, adapters, on making stuff work.

 

Any chance any of you guys could help me work this thing out?

I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Many many many thanks in advance!

 

EDIT: I hope I posted this in the right section, if not, my apologies. 

 

Elias

[Pugs501]

Can you post your specs on here and post it here?

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

[Enderman]

Yes you need all monitors plugged into the top GPU so you will need to use an adapter for it.

[Eliassos]

Can you post your specs on here and post it here?

https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

from memory, I know I have:

 

- CPU Intel i5 2400 @3.1GHz

- GPU Crossfire AMD 6850

- 8GB rams, no clue from what or who

- motherboard: can't remember

- 750 Watt

 

 

It's not much, but I didn't assemble my PC

It was my cousin's idea to make a self built PC.

[Eliassos]

Yes you need all monitors plugged into the top GPU so you will need to use an adapter for it.

Thanks man, appreciate the input

Time to google!

EDIT:

Does it matter whether it's from DVI to HDMI or VGA to HDMI? Is there NOTICABLE quality loss ?

[Jeroendedoem]

There's a video about VGA / DVI from linus. 

 

But if you don't feel like watching this, use DVI. VGA is only good for some old beamers and stuff. Because it's only analogue, so there is some quality loss.

[Enderman]

Thanks man, appreciate the input

Time to google!

EDIT:

Does it matter whether it's from DVI to HDMI or VGA to HDMI? Is there NOTICABLE quality loss ?

You're welcome

Avoid VGA because its analogue only, and hdmi is digital only.

DVI to HDMI is the best option for no quality loss.

[Eliassos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwZRUZa1i20 

 

I can't seem to find a name for this kind of adaptor on the internet  

 

Anyone knows this by name/brand?  

 

I went to the store a few minutes ago, they told me it cost about 20-30€, I can't really find the solution because I think I'm missing some sort of name or detail

 

 

Again, many thanks for the help