March 16, 201214 yr hi guys,sorry if this is a question already answered somewhere (if so i missed it when looking).i have an ati radeon hdd6970 graphics card. for some reason, i simply cannot get it to run three monitors. They show up in windows however 1 of them is grayed out and i cannot override the system to "enable it". The same problem is encountered if i attempt to enable it from within catalyst rather than windows control panel.i have looked at the amd website about running three monitors and i find the harware setup and limited destructions a little vague and confusing. in fsx i have 3 virtual cockpit camera views, 1 for each monitor.... lhs window, front window, rhs window.i am currently achieving this by running two different cards (not in sli mode obviously) but fsx keeps crashing the system. i think because fsx programming has problems running with cards that are from different manufacturers...one ati hd 6970 and one nvidia gtx570 (and just so you all know, i can/do run this exact setup in prepar3d perfectly without crashing my system)i have heard some guys talk about an active display port adapter! the amd site says i "may" require this component! why would i need it... i want my monitors to run in the following configuration:Ati Radeon card 1. main screen - DVI 1 2. rhs screen - DVI 2 3. lhs - HDMI port (standard one not the mini HDMI)anyway, how in god's name do i get windows to allow me to enable the 3rd monitor on the ati hd6970 so i can avoid the system crashes i encounter in fsx when using two cards as above??Must i use the mini display port? is that why i would need to active display port adaptor?System specsWin 7x64RAM 4 gigAti HDD6970 2 gigP67A-UD5 M/B3xLg monitors (2x LG 2360 1920x1080, 1xLG L246WH 1920x1200)Flight sim software1. fsx (sp2 & orbx)2. Prepar3d
March 17, 201214 yr Commercial Member There are some tutorials on YouTube on how to set up Eyefinity. Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
March 20, 201214 yr it should be one miniDP at least. so you should connect it as DVI-mDP-HDMI. and yeah, check youtube and ati site - lots of info on this topic.
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