Gigabyte HD 5750 Silentcell question

[Kraznet]

Hi there,

I'm wondering if anyone can advise me. I'm looking for a passive graphics card to drive 2 x SyncMaster 913n and 1x SyncMaster 2443 NW. These only have standard VGA analog inputs. The graphics card I'm interested in is a Gigabyte SilentCell 5750.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3402#ov
It has D-Sub connector plus 1 x DVI-I and 1x DVI-D plus an HDMI. I know I can connect the DVI-I using a converter but does anyone know if I can connect the DVI-D to an anlog source using a converter as well ? Basically I'm asking if this cards supports triple displays using both DVI ports plus the D-Sub . I've been told that this Card only support 2 monitors on aother forum . Tha PDF manual doesn't really clarify and I've searched everywhere . Any help would be appreciated.

Regards
Kraznet

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

As far as I can remeber the cards will only accept two outputs. However I must admit that the specifications are a little open to interpretation.

Features Dual dual-link DVI-I / D-sub / HDMI

From that it would seem that you can use the two DVI-I ports and a VGA or HDMI

[Kraznet]

Hi DM ,

Thanks for replying . Yes I'm a bit confused . As you mention it does say dual-link DVI which I persume means you can hook up dual monitors . It just a case as to whether you can connect to the D-Sub at the same time.I guess as it's a relatively new card there is less info out there.

Regards
Kraznet

[Dark Mantis]

The problem from our point of view is that the graphics card section is seperate from  the motherboard section and we have a lot more problems getting details and specs etc from them.

[Kraznet]

Well I found a Review on a website called NinjaLane http://www.ninjalane.com/reviews/video/gigabyte-5750-sc/page4.aspx and it says it does support 3 monitors:

The Gigabyte Radeon HD 5750 supports up to 3 monitors for use in Eyefinity configurations.

Supported resolution for Eyefinity depends largely on the monitors and video card you happen to be using. In the case of a HD5750 the supported resolutions will look something like this.
Maximum Display Resolution
D-Dub(VGA): 2048 x 1536 @85 Hz.
DL-DVI-I: 2 x 2560 x 1600 @60Hz
HDMI:1080P
Eyefinity: 7680 x 3200 @60Hz

So I presume it  will work for my setup although I'm using my rig for Video and Audio production not gaming.

Regards
Kraznet

[Dark Mantis]

From the write up it would appear that the card will support Eyefinity no problem as long as that is the configuration that suits you.

[Kraznet]

From the write up it would appear that the card will support Eyefinity no problem as long as that is the configuration that suits you.

Well from what I understand iEyefinity treats all monitors like one large one.So you can obviously hook up three displays but it's really down to whether it will support resolutions at 2 x1280x1024 and 1x 1920x1200 which would be a non-infinity config.