I have a GTX 970 that has one display port connection and I understand it can handle up to 4 at 1920 x 1080 but am having trouble finding monitors with dual display ports one in and one out to daisy chain them. I found this:

http://www.amazon.com/Xtrempro-DPS14-4-Port-DisplayPort-splitter/dp/B00HIVUE7I

and sounds like it can handle what i am wanting but need some advice from ya'll.


Thanks in advance.

Why do you need to daisy chain it? From what I've seen, it should have 1x DP, 2x DVI, and 1x HDMI. I suspect that the HDMI is tied to one of the DVI ports, so you can tri-screen gaming with that card provided one of your screens accepts DP or buy an active DP-to-DVI converter. My R7970 has 2x mini-DP, 1x HDMI, and 2x DVI but one DVI is tied to the HDMI. I am driving 4 screens from this single card, two from the DVI and two with an active mini-DP-to-DVI converter.

Also, if I understand correctly, the splitter simply fools your PC into thinking it's exporting to one screen and simply "splits" that picture into 4 streams, thus having 4 screens displaying exactly the same image.... good for businesses and advertising, but I'm not sure that's what you were looking for.

Hope that helps!

i messed up on the card sorry im looking at a 970 thats why i put that I have a 760 which has a dvi-i, dvi-d, hdmi, and display port

I picked up 3 of these Monitors

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-G276HL-Gbd-27-Inch-Widescreen/dp/B00G5AEZOQ

And 2 DVI-D cables and one Display Port to DVI-D cable.

All for 527 dollars

Ah, so you can do 3 monitors, one each from the DVI, and one from the DP. If your Acers don't have DP connections, buy an **active** DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter.

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i got the dp to dvi cable as well

Here is my 3 monitor setup. very very nice

If you want to run everything from the same display port,

You need a Display Port 1.2 MST Hub.

Each DP1.2 Port is capable of multiple individual streams.

Acell makes most of them, they have multiple variants now.

Just be careful, as there are fakes, and old ones still on the market (ie DP 1.0/1.1)

This should help.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1437364/mst-d...-dp-3x-hdmi-etc

I have no problems running 4screens, all from 1 MST hub.

What's the difference between our current setup vs. your all-in-one, Skate?

Moses, I have the exact same setup for the game and it is awesome! What is your FOV set at?

Mixing outputs causes Horizontal tearing.

(ie, 2 DVI/HDMI and 1DP or 2DP and one DVI/HDMI)

Most GFX cards only have 2 VPU display timing clocks, Because display port uses its own display timing, so it causes tearing when you create an eyefinity display, because there is a variance between the two. When running 3 extended screens windows sees all screens individually abd controls them individually, but in Eyefinity/Surround Windows drives all 3 Displays as a single unit. So depending on which screen is the primary is what timing is used,

Ie, Imagine 3 screens with alot.of.motion, 2 of then are running a perfect 60Hz, while the 3rd runs 59.976 that third screen is gonna display a partial.frame every 59.frames while the others display a full 60.

You can search for Eyefintiy Tearing and see video.

Although I believe the R9s and 900 series were given a 3rd VPU timing clock to fix the issue with mixed displays, so you guys shouldnt see any issues.

Hmmm... makes sense. I've never seen any issues re: tearing but I have seen [insert technical term here] which was fixed by turning on V-sync. Interestingly, this was with Shadow of Mordor but on my non-Eyefinity setup.

yeah, VSYNC wont fix it.

I get a stutter in the game but i think that is because of the 760gtx im using. hoping to move to a 970gtx soon

I'd really like to try the three monitor approach, but am I right that some games do not support the correct resolution? I play CloD mainly, can't get into DCS FC3 and nearly done with Shadow of Mordor.

Some do not, but I would think they are older games. Up until recently, IL-2 BoS didn't. I know DCS, BMS, and Elite do.

Even if they dont, run them 1screen with other stuff on the other screens.

Triple monitors( I was thinking 24") or just one of those 34" ultra widescreen ones? Decisions to be made. Would my GTX770 be up to triple screens?

It's not just a matter of screen size. I think the more important consideration here is the actual total resolution of the combined monitors. Obviously, a single-screen 1920x1080 setup would be much easier work for the GPU compared to a single-screen 4K setup. Similarly, a 3x 1920x1080 24" setup should be the same workload as a 3x 1920x1080 28" or 30" setup.

Skate, I have a HD 7970 video card and looking at the DP hub, it starts at around £80+.... I was wondering if I need it (how can I tell if I do?) and if it is worth the price?