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    Three displays without eyefinity...

    Yoyo,

    So I'd like to use my two monitors and tv together.

    I want my monitors to extend and tv to duplicate my main display.

    SO i tried a "HDMI Male to Dual HDMI Female 1 to 2 Way Y Splitter Cable Adapter" and one dvi (female) to hdmi (female) into graphics cards 1st DVI port. The HDMI splitter the takes in HDMI from TV and another (HDMI male to DVI female) and so the result.

    Main display is duplicated on TV and second monitor extends main display.

    That pretty much works, except some funny articfacts which could be due to loose connection but didnt bother check it out further as there is one major problem.

    That problem, TV and main display are two different resolutions both "full HD" one 16x9 the other 16x10. Since the TV is duplicate of main display, the tv is squished a bit due to it duplciating a 16x10 res on 16x9.

    So i've now decided I may get this GFX card from overclockers a HD 5450.

    Question is will this be OK to run on x4 pcie slot and based on my rig specs (oc 6600 3.1ghz, 7hdds, 4890OC gfx card, various usb devices), will my PSU at 520W handle all this and a 5450?

    Soz for the long explanation but you see my dilemma.
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    Re: Three displays without eyefinity...

    Yeah, it run fine on x4 and 520W is pretty much overkill for the 5450... Please remember the 5450 is a media card so doesn't need a lot of power, takes power from the PCI-E slot...

    Good luck getting them two play GPU's to play together.

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    Re: Three displays without eyefinity...

    Quote Originally Posted by IronWarrior View Post
    Yeah, it run fine on x4 and 520W is pretty much overkill for the 5450... Please remember the 5450 is a media card so doesn't need a lot of power, takes power from the PCI-E slot...

    Good luck getting them two play GPU's to play together.
    Well i'm not goin to xfire them, i just need the other to provide me with an extra display, will 520w be enough for 5450 and 4890?
    My Rig - 2x Dell 24" 2407WFP A04 / Fractal Define XL / Asus P5K-E / Q6600 G0 @ 3.0Ghz - AF7 / 4GB Corsair RAM / 520W Corsair PSU / 4890PCS+ / 8TB HDD

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