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EDIT: This is when using 1 Graphics Card !

 

Okay I've read, that you just have to put your aux display above the row of your 3 Eyefinity monitors in the driver, and you'll be able to play in Eyefinity (3screens) with 1 Aux display.

Tis should be possible with 1 GPU aswell, if your Card has enough connectors

thanks for doing the research and i went on the sapphire website for my GPU and it say max displays is 3 and when i plug in the other monitor it says unable to save display settings 

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I have a 7970 ghz and have my 3 screens running off of it and i want a forth but my GPU can only do 3 so the question is can i get a cheaper card such as a 7750 of some thing like that for Skype or hardware monitoring  and will i still be able to play in eyefinity please help 

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Do your mainboard got Onboard video? if so use this?

 

Otherwise your thought should work, you just shouldn't use a CF Bridge.

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Do your mainboard got Onboard video? if so use this?

 

Otherwise your thought should work, you just shouldn't use a CF Bridge.

my motherboard dose not have any onboard video and thanks but if im playing a game in eyfinity will it efect it or will i have to turn that screen off

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my motherboard dose not have any onboard video and thanks but if im playing a game in eyfinity will it efect it or will i have to turn that screen off

 

You may take a look into the Eyefinity Driver (catalys or what ever) and search for the Monitor Configuration.

If you can tell the driver which monitors to sue for Eyefinity, then this should work out pretty well.

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You may take a look into the Eyefinity Driver (catalys or what ever) and search for the Monitor Configuration.

If you can tell the driver which monitors to sue for Eyefinity, then this should work out pretty well.

ok thanks 

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ok thanks 

 

EDIT: This is when using 1 Graphics Card !

 

Okay I've read, that you just have to put your aux display above the row of your 3 Eyefinity monitors in the driver, and you'll be able to play in Eyefinity (3screens) with 1 Aux display.

Tis should be possible with 1 GPU aswell, if your Card has enough connectors

CPU: Intel i7 4790K @4.8GhZ  CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2  Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97 UD3H  GPU: Asus ROG RX 480 8G OC Memory: 32GB Gskill Ares 2400Mhz  Storage: 2x Crucial M4 512GB SSD (raid0)  / 1TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 750W  Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (64 bit) Other: NZXT Hue+ LED Controller with 8 LED Strips for desk and PC lighting

 

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EDIT: This is when using 1 Graphics Card !

 

Okay I've read, that you just have to put your aux display above the row of your 3 Eyefinity monitors in the driver, and you'll be able to play in Eyefinity (3screens) with 1 Aux display.

Tis should be possible with 1 GPU aswell, if your Card has enough connectors

thanks for doing the research and i went on the sapphire website for my GPU and it say max displays is 3 and when i plug in the other monitor it says unable to save display settings 

l Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5Ghz l Asus VII Ranger ROG l MSI GTX 970 @ 1555MHz l 


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thanks for doing the research and i went on the sapphire website for my GPU and it say max displays is 3 and when i plug in the other monitor it says unable to save display settings 

Have you tried configuring the 4th Monitor with the Windows display thingy?

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Have you tried configuring the 4th Monitor with the Windows display thingy?

yep thats where i get the  unable to save display settings and i tried in ccc and same thing ill probably just get a second gpu but thanks for your help 

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