2013: The Year of DisplayPort MST

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Those of you looking forward to using multiple monitors on a single DisplayPort connection, the gang at WideScreenGaming has some news for you.

Good news is that the clutter-cutting technology is here and/or soon to be here. Also remember that the MST Hubs can work with non-DisplayPort monitors. You can use them to attach three DVI panels to a single DisplayPort connection. I've been wanting to step up from 1080p panels to 2560x1440. The U2713H with the DP 1.2 Daisy Chain may just be the ticket.
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To this day I hate the Display port label on computers, whoever designed that should be shot.

just sayin
 
This is probably a stupid question, but I have a 7970 with 4 DP outs. Does that mean I could theoretically do 12 monitor eyefinity off a single card? (power requirements not considered obviously)
 
7970/4 gives you the amount of CPU for each video monitor. So the resolution on each of your 12 monitors needs to be a third of that (1992.5/3 = 664). So I think if you did 660p (or 330i) you'd be fine.
 
david_ said:
7970/4 gives you the amount of CPU for each video monitor. So the resolution on each of your 12 monitors needs to be a third of that (1992.5/3 = 664). So I think if you did 660p (or 330i) you'd be fine.
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Ummmm.... what?
 
[L]imey;1039483947 said:
This is probably a stupid question, but I have a 7970 with 4 DP outs. Does that mean I could theoretically do 12 monitor eyefinity off a single card? (power requirements not considered obviously)
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The card supports up to 6 monitors only. Now this doesn't mean 6 physical monitors, but 6 connections to something that reports back that it is a single display. Using something like the sapphire DP to 2 DP/DVI adapter http://www.sapphiretech.com/proav/splitters-extenders/dp4196.aspx would allow you to connect 12 monitors as each adapter reports to the video card it is one large monitor and it does the magic of splitting pixels across two physical devices. The 7900 series also supports 6 x 4k monitor resolutions, so you should be able to handle anything up to that extreme size, just don't expect to be able to game on it.
 
Woah that's awesome. Only thing, is this truly multi monitor, or is it just spanning a single monitor on multiple screens. What I'm getting at is, would the OS see it as multiple monitors? I'd hate applications and other stuff to land right half way between two monitors where half the app is on one and the other half is on the other.
 
Will this solve the AMD issue where notable lines are visible if multi-screen gaming on different display interfaces?
 
Now we just need monitors to start using dual displayport inputs so those with more than one machine can all use DP.
 
Anemone said:
Now we just need monitors to start using dual displayport inputs so those with more than one machine can all use DP.
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Meh, I three monitors.

Two of them are older Dell 20" 4:3 monitors. They have VGA, DVI (and composite) only (one of each)

My newer center monitor is a Dell 30", which has two DVI's, one Displayport, one VGA, two HDMI's and one component.

My video card has a Displayport, two DVI ports (one dual link) and an HDMI port, three of which can be used at the same time.

I used to use the displayport for the center monitor, and the DVI ports for the side monitors, but I have since changed it to DVI (dual link) for the center monitor, DVI (single) link for one of the sides and HDMI to DVI converter for the other.

The only reason I switched from using the Displayport cable for the center monitor was because the dual link DVI port was the primary port on my video card.

I have my monitors in a PLP setup (see below) and I was getting really tired of having to play in the BIOS with my head tilted 90 degrees to the side :p

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(old pic, but still the same setup, except for the speakers and the phone)

Now BIOS and post display on the center screen again, and all is well with the world (even without displayport :p )
 
Funny thing is, 85% of the computers I work on still use VGA as their primary connection. This includes computers and monitors purchased brand new in 2013.
 
GotNoRice said:
Funny thing is, 85% of the computers I work on still use VGA as their primary connection. This includes computers and monitors purchased brand new in 2013.
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Same. Come to think of it I have never actually used DVI at home, used it a few times at work. Though the new monitor I bought recently has DVI but never bought a cable so I'm still using a VGA adapter lol. To me display port was the stupidest thing to happen, the last thing we need is yet another type of port. But companies have to make their money... and introducing new standards is how! Need to buy new cables, etc.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Same. Come to think of it I have never actually used DVI at home, used it a few times at work. Though the new monitor I bought recently has DVI but never bought a cable so I'm still using a VGA adapter lol. To me display port was the stupidest thing to happen, the last thing we need is yet another type of port. But companies have to make their money... and introducing new standards is how! Need to buy new cables, etc.
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Problem with your argument... DVI has been an abandonware standard for coming up on a decade. With higher res panels coming out, it needs put out to pasture.
 
Skripka said:
Problem with your argument... DVI has been an abandonware standard for coming up on a decade. With higher res panels coming out, it needs put out to pasture.
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That's what HDMI is for, why can't they just make that the new standard, it's already fairly standard for TVs now, may as well use the same technology for monitors too instead of introducing yet another standard. When buying a monitor and video card now you really have to watch what kind of ports it has since there's over 4 different port types now. It's kinda ridiculous.
 
Skripka said:
Problem with your argument... DVI has been an abandonware standard for coming up on a decade. With higher res panels coming out, it needs put out to pasture.
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DVI works just fine. Dual link has plenty of life left in it.

IMHO the only real benefit DP has over it today is the MST hubs and 7 years after the standard was released and 5 years after entering production you still can't freaking get one!


I don't understand why anyone would use VGA on an LCD panel today. It hurts my eyes.

With a VGA connector you are essentially using the video card DAC to convert digital to analogue and then the LCD monitor has to convert it back to digital from analogue again, causing ridiculous image degradation.

It's sort of like printing and scanning a document instead of making a pdf directly from your software.
 
Red Squirrel said:
That's what HDMI is for, why can't they just make that the new standard, it's already fairly standard for TVs now, may as well use the same technology for monitors too instead of introducing yet another standard. When buying a monitor and video card now you really have to watch what kind of ports it has since there's over 4 different port types now. It's kinda ridiculous.
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Ummm... Okay, here is how manufacturers have agreed since 2010:

DVI goes bye bye and HDMI takes its PLACE.

HDMI is a royalty standard, and for every port a manufacturer must pay up, unlike VGA. VGA goes bye bye, and gets replaced with DisplayPort which is also a royalty free standard.
 
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