graphics help please!!!

[VincentWhalley]

Hi all,

i have a AMD Radeon R7 250X and i have just bought a new monitor the 3rd monitor i have. i plugged it in and the computer pick it up  but will not display any thing. any help will be great

 

thanks,

vincent

[suchamoneypit]

with AMD's eyefinity, you cannot use 3 "legacy" connectors (VGA, DVI, ect). You need 2 legacy and one new one (like displayport) or have 2 legacy connectors and one using a "active" adapter to something like displayport.

 

I had this exact problem a while back when I was running my triple monitor setup.

[VincentWhalley]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

with AMD's eyefinity, you cannot use 3 "legacy" connectors (VGA, DVI, ect). You need 2 legacy and one new one (like displayport) or have 2 legacy connectors and one using a "active" adapter to something like displayport.

thanks

 

[VincentWhalley]

one more thing is this ok

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfen-Plated-DisplayPort-Cable-Adapter/dp/B0179I4K6U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

[suchamoneypit]

1 minute ago, VincentWhalley said:

one more thing is this ok

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfen-Plated-DisplayPort-Cable-Adapter/dp/B0179I4K6U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

I don't know if that's the best option, what is your current setup with the cables? Like are you running 3 DVI's, or 2 DVI's with an adapter?

[VincentWhalley]

2 DVI's an 1 hdmi

the new moneter is pugged in by 1 DVI

[JefferyD90]

26 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

with AMD's eyefinity, you cannot use 3 "legacy" connectors (VGA, DVI, ect). You need 2 legacy and one new one (like displayport) or have 2 legacy connectors and one using a "active" adapter to something like displayport.

 

I had this exact problem a while back when I was running my triple monitor setup.

False, I use 3 DVI connectors and a VGA for a 4 monitor setup.  DVI is not considered legacy.

[suchamoneypit]

6 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

False, I use 3 DVI connectors and a VGA for a 4 monitor setup.  DVI is not considered legacy.

I had set up the scenario OP has with 3 DVI monitors. DVI, at least in the eyes of eyefinity, is considered legacy without an active adapter. It will not work with 3 DVI's, or in my case, I had tried 2 DVI's, with one using a displayport adapter. I had to get an active displayport adapter to get it to work properly with games on eyefinity. You can't tell me i'm wrong if I spent several hours researching in order to solve the exact problem on my own hardware.

[suchamoneypit]

19 minutes ago, VincentWhalley said:

2 DVI's an 1 hdmi

the new moneter is pugged in by 1 DVI

make sure you quote me, I never saw your reply!

 

Thats interesting, I would assume it would work fine them. Are you trying to configure an eyefinity setup? When setting it up threw AMD Crimson, are all three monitors showing up? Is one monitor possibly showing up but grayed out?

[JefferyD90]

3 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

I literally set up the exact scenario OP has with 3 DVI monitors. DVI, at least in the eyes of eyefinity, is considered legacy without an active adapter. It will not work with 3 DVI's, or in my case, I had tried 2 DVI's, with one using a displayport adapter. I had to get an active displayport adapter to get it to work properly with games on eyefinity. You can't tell me i'm wrong if I spent several hours researching in order to solve the exact problem on my own hardware.

You didn't do something right because I have 4 monitors right now (3 acer 23 inch monitors, and 1 acer projector), hooked up to some R9-290's and I only have DVI-D connections and the single VGA connection.  I use eyefinity with GTA-V regularly.

 

Edit: or I did something right.

[suchamoneypit]

2 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

, hooked up to some R9-290's

Is that 290's, with an S, meaning plural?

 

Because its on a per GPU basis if I recall. If you did 2 connectors on one 290, and 2 on the other, it would work fine.

[JefferyD90]

1 minute ago, suchamoneypit said:

Is that 290's, with an S, meaning plural?

 

Because its on a per GPU basis if I recall. If you did 2 connectors on one 290, and 2 on the other, it would work fine.

Well no video card I have ever seen has 3 DVI ports...  Maybe one of those older 3 slot designs, but that would have been it.

[suchamoneypit]

On 10/8/2016 at 4:21 PM, JefferyD90 said:

Well no video card I have ever seen has 3 DVI ports...  Maybe one of those older 3 slot designs, but that would have been it.

 

On 10/8/2016 at 4:15 PM, suchamoneypit said:

It will not work with 3 DVI's, or in my case, I had tried 2 DVI's, with one using a displayport adapter. I had to get an active displayport adapter to get it to work properly with games on eyefinity. 

I had three DVI monitors, but I have only 2 DVI ports, I had tried a regular DVI-DP adapter, but its still viewed as a legacy connection unless you use an active DP adapter.

[VincentWhalley]

On 08/10/2016 at 9:24 PM, suchamoneypit said:

 

I had three DVI monitors, but I have only 2 DVI ports, I had tried a regular DVI-DP adapter, but its still viewed as a legacy connection unless you use an adaptive DP adapter.

Thanks I've read thought all the replies, sorry I've being slow. So I will have a go next time I'm on my pc, thanks again

[VincentWhalley]

On 10/8/2016 at 9:17 PM, suchamoneypit said:

make sure you quote me, I never saw your reply!

 

Thats interesting, I would assume it would work fine them. Are you trying to configure an eyefinity setup? When setting it up threw AMD Crimson, are all three monitors showing up? Is one monitor possibly showing up but grayed out?

i will mess around when im get home and see if i can get the thing to work

[suchamoneypit]

20 hours ago, VincentWhalley said:

Thanks I've read thought all the replies, sorry I've being slow. So I will have a go next time I'm on my pc, thanks again

just wanted to say i made a spelling error in that reply (I've edited it since), I meant "active" adapter, not "adaptive".