Couple Qs about 5970 and Eyefinity.

[dllfiles12]

1. I have a Corsair 620HX. Will I need to upgrade my PSU if I buy a 5970? If so what PSU would work?

2. If I want to add another 5970 in the future how much POWER is needed to run 2x 5970s?

3. The Mini Display port in the back of the GPU, are you able to buy a Mini DP to DVI adapter? Many say the Display Port adapter needs to be "active"? Is this true?

4. I have an Asus VW246H monitor. Would this be a nice monitor to do Eyefinity?

I'm sorry, Im kinda new when it comes to eyefinity info. But Id like to learn about it and see if its the route I want to go for gaming.

Thank you!

 

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[SeaFoam]

1. I have a Corsair 620HX. Will I need to upgrade my PSU if I buy a 5970? If so what PSU would work?

2. If I want to add another 5970 in the future how much POWER is needed to run 2x 5970s?

3. The Mini Display port in the back of the GPU, are you able to buy a Mini DP to DVI adapter? Many say the Display Port adapter needs to be "active"? Is this true?

4. I have an Asus VW246H monitor. Would this be a nice monitor to do Eyefinity?

I'm sorry, Im kinda new when it comes to eyefinity info. But Id like to learn about it and see if its the route I want to go for gaming.

Thank you!

What else are you running on the PSU, like board/chip/etc? You might be able to get away with it but you would definitely need a bigger one for a second. You can purchase mini DP to DVI adapters. http://www.amazon.com/Accell-B087B-003J-UltraAV-miniDisplayPort-Dual-Link/dp/B0030XMREG - yes, it needs to be active to be reliable. Some are lucky and get a passive adapter to work but it is a VERY small percentage. Your monitor would be 'ok', the problem with TN monitors is that the view angles are crap so you get really bad uniformity/color shift issues.

 

[dllfiles12]

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[sirmonkey1985]

yes you will need a larger PSU if you plan to run 2 5970's in crossfire.. the 620 should handle a single 5970 no problem though.. for 2 5970's id say anything within 800-1000w some where around there.. though probably closer to 900w just to have some headroom..

 

[yang88she]

1. I have a Corsair 620HX. Will I need to upgrade my PSU if I buy a 5970? If so what PSU would work?

Yes

2. If I want to add another 5970 in the future how much POWER is needed to run 2x 5970s?

850 or HX1000, pending on what else you got

3. The Mini Display port in the back of the GPU, are you able to buy a Mini DP to DVI adapter?

http://support.amd.com/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dongles.aspx

Many say the Display Port adapter needs to be "active"? Is this true?

you need the active one to work w/ certain high resolutions, I believe (ie. 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 2560x1600)

4. I have an Asus VW246H monitor. Would this be a nice monitor to do Eyefinity?

sure if you want to run 3 of them, then again any 3 monitors in an Eyefinity is pretty [H]

I'm sorry, Im kinda new when it comes to eyefinity info. But Id like to learn about it and see if its the route I want to go for gaming.

Thank you!

 

[dllfiles12]

Im buying the Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1k PSU.

Im hoping in the future that can run 2x 5970s.