What graphics card would you recommend for 3 monitors setup, without the need for DP adapter?

[TheRagingGamer]

I want to run 3 1080p monitors, Id prefer if the card was AMD,  I need to get reasonable frame rates at these games. I was looking at r9 290 and r9 290x but i don't know if they need a DP adapter. 
Does r9 295x2 need a DP adapter? 
I am going to buy this on summer so hopefully by then r9 3xx will come out and i will buy that but for now what do you recommend. 

[babadoctor]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112170420gthis one all around

[GzeroD]

A 290 will run 3 1080p screens off of one card 2 dvi and 1 hdmi so will all the new 900 series after the 960. 

 

and yeas a 295x2 will need dongles because most of it's connectors are mini display port.

[W-L]

I want to run 3 1080p monitors, Id prefer if the card was AMD,  I need to get reasonable frame rates at these games. I was looking at r9 290 and r9 290x but i don't know if they need a DP adapter. 

Does r9 295x2 need a DP adapter? 

I am going to buy this on summer so hopefully by then r9 3xx will come out and i will buy that but for now what do you recommend. 

 

The 290x you can use the two DVI ports and an HDMI which will work no problem with a triple setup but for the r9 295 it will need adapters to go from mini DP to HDMI or DVI to connect your monitors unelss they have a DP in.

[the jolly roger]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112170420gthis one all around

ummmm just no. 

 

that card's memory bit bus is not big enough to support all 4gb

 

and that card is only good for 1 1080p monitor

 

go with a 290x

[GzeroD]

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[Oberon.Smite]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112170420gthis one all around

Dude, that card can barely run games at 1080p high settings at stable 45fps. Put three of them in cross fire, and you're good, but nothing other than that man.

 

290/970 is the minimum for that.

[bchampion96]

I want to run 3 1080p monitors, Id prefer if the card was AMD,  I need to get reasonable frame rates at these games. I was looking at r9 290 and r9 290x but i don't know if they need a DP adapter. 

Does r9 295x2 need a DP adapter? 

I am going to buy this on summer so hopefully by then r9 3xx will come out and i will buy that but for now what do you recommend. 

 

Does this mean you don't want to use display port at all? For eyefinity, one monitor has to be display port, so the only way to do this would be Nvidia. Unless you mean you just don't want to use an adapter, in which case, literally any AMD card with a display port output

[TheRagingGamer]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-112170420gthis one all around

i have a 270, it can't run 3 monitors, only 2 + 3 more with DP hub or +1 with an ACTIVE DP adapter 

[GzeroD]

Does this mean you don't want to use display port at all? For eyefinity, one monitor has to be display port, so the only way to do this would be Nvidia. Unless you mean you just don't want to use an adapter, in which case, literally any AMD card with a display port output

this is wrong

 

like I and another have said above a 290 series card can run 2 DVI and 1 HDMI

[laxer]

AMDs Hawaii chipset supports 3 monitors via any connection.

 

You can get a DP->DVI/HDMI Adapter for ~$30 that will allow a 3rd monitor on older cards.

 

As others have suggested a 290x is probably your best bet.

 

I personally took a more cost efficient method and bought 2 7970s from a closing mining farm to run my triple display setup.

 

This is a good option if you have the mobo support for it and a decent PSU.

[TheRagingGamer]

Does this mean you don't want to use display port at all? For eyefinity, one monitor has to be display port, so the only way to do this would be Nvidia. Unless you mean you just don't want to use an adapter, in which case, literally any AMD card with a display port output

I mean i don't want to use DP at all, because active DP adapter costs $20 and i don't want to spend that kind of money. 

[bchampion96]

this is wrong

 

like I and another have said above a 290 series card can run 2 DVI and 1 HDMI

 

I may well have outdated information. Did this change with the advent of the r9 - whatever series?

[brandishwar]

The 290x you can use the two DVI ports and an HDMI which will work no problem with a triple setup but for the r9 295 it will need adapters to go from mini DP to HDMI or DVI to connect your monitors unelss they have a DP in.

 

That's my wife's setup actually -- 3x1080p panels, two on DVI and the other on HDMI on an R9 290X. Works like a charm. Beyond the 2xDVI, an adapter will be necessary unless you run a monitor that will take HDMI or DP.

[TheRagingGamer]

That's my wife's setup actually -- 3x1080p panels, two on DVI and the other on HDMI on an R9 290X. Works like a charm. Beyond the 2xDVI, an adapter will be necessary unless you run a monitor that will take HDMI or DP.

as far as i am aware there are HDMI to DVI-D adapters, which cost like $3. So that should not be a problem 

[laxer]

I may well have outdated information. Did this change with the advent of the r9 - whatever series?

 

Correct, with the Hawaii chipset(200 series) they redid the output logic to allow for 3 independent displays.

 

Your information is correct for all older chipsets though

[W-L]

I mean i don't want to use DP at all, because active DP adapter costs $20 and i don't want to spend that kind of money. 

 

That's my wife's setup actually -- 3x1080p panels, two on DVI and the other on HDMI on an R9 290X. Works like a charm. Beyond the 2xDVI, an adapter will be necessary unless you run a monitor that will take HDMI or DP.

 

As @brandishwar said it works no problem you won't need any kind of adapters using DP or adapters to change from one to another. If you have all DVI monitors just get an HDMI to DVI cable, it will basically eliminate all adapters of any kind.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-PCM-2296-06-HDMI-Cable/dp/B0007MWE1E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1426622438&sr=8-2&

Edited March 17, 2015 by W-L

[bchampion96]

Correct, with the Hawaii chipset(200 series) they redid the output logic to allow for 3 independent displays.

 

Your information is correct for all older chipsets though

 

Nice one, thanks for that. It was what put me off AMD cards, when I was building my PC a year or two ago!

[GzeroD]

Nice one, thanks for that. It was what put me off AMD cards, when I was building my PC a year or two ago!

Just curious, why this put you off AMD cards when, it was the same for nVidia at the time?

[TheRagingGamer]

Just curious, why this put you off AMD cards when, it was the same for nVidia at the time?

600 and later  series supported 3 screens, 

[GzeroD]

600 and later  series supported 3 screens, 

ahh I have been misinformed; thought that they also required the use of a Display port monitor.

[bchampion96]

Just curious, why this put you off AMD cards when, it was the same for nVidia at the time?

 

I'm pretty sure it wasn't. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/374483-33-triple-monitors-hdmi-displayport