AMD alternative toTriplehead multiple screen simming

Andrew MacPherson wrote:

> These cards won;t be cheap. But knock off the price of a Matrox box and the price
> will be a lot more acceptable... as will the reduced power consumption these cards
> will (probably) have.

Unless you have one native Display Port (DP) monitor though you will
need an active DP-DVI adapter and those aren't cheap nor seemingly
available in the UK. Early adopters seem to be buying a new monitor...

The connectors are two DVI and one DP on the initial version of these
cards. You can't simply plug in 3 DVI or VGA monitors I am afraid.

(Ruud van Gaal) wrote:

> Cool stuff!

As Tony says, ATI were a little economical with the truth on this hardware. They
emphasised the positive stuff but forgot to mention the the cost of active
displayport adapters, and little things like (a) no crossfire support yet (b) no
Triplehead support at all so far.

Which is a bit of a shame. I've been waiting to boost my three screen performance
and I was really prepared to pay full price for a 5870. I've never paid that much
for a vid card before (by a factor of two!) but the Triplehead experience is worth
some more investment and this looked, on paper, like a great bit of hardware for my
needs. No, not needs... let's get this in perspective: desires. :-)

Not yet though, it would seem. My Need For Speedier FPS in Shift will have to wait
a while longer.

Andrew McP