Sapphire Active DisplayPort enables use of third DVI monitor with Eyefinity

Posted on Monday, December 21 2009 @ 20:48 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Sapphire introduced the Eyefinity Active DisplayPort, this adapter enables the use of a third DVI display.
A feature of the latest SAPPHIRE HD 5000 series of graphics cards is the new ATI Eyefinity mode, which enables games and other applications to be run on three screens treated as one continuous display area. Now with the SAPPHIRE Eyefinity adapter, standard DVI monitors can be used for all three screens.

In addition to spectacular image clarity, speed and visual effects, the SAPPHIRE HD 5000 series supports the new multi-monitor mode known as ATI Eyefinity. This allows a single GPU to display a choice of images over an array of several monitors. The cards in this series support up to three monitors, with a resolution of up to 7680 x 1600. This opens up exciting possibilities not just for multi-screen gaming, but also for information systems, multimedia systems and promotional displays.

However, with this family of cards, although two of the screens can be connected directly to the DVI or HDMI outputs on the card, the third display has to be driven from the DisplayPort output. Some users have expressed concern about the cost or availability of DisplayPort compatible monitors, or a wish to match existing monitor styles.

Now SAPPHIRE has introduced an active powered DisplayPort to DVI converter, which allows any standard DVI monitor to be used as the third screen and enabled in Eyefinity mode. This allows users to update their existing multi-monitor setup to use Eyefinity, or to add a lower cost DVI monitor to complete their Eyefinity system. The SAPPHIRE converter is simply plugged into the DisplayPort output of the graphics card, together with a standard USB connection to provide power. A standard DVI monitor cable can then be connected to the female DVI connector on the unit.


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Re: Sapphire Active DisplayPort enables use of third DVI monitor with Eyefinity
by Anonymous on Monday, December 21 2009 @ 22:02 CET
Powered from USB. Very smart



  • Reply by Anonymous on Saturday, February 20 2010 @ 18:19 CET

    Yeah... but for what price and where can you buy this? i need one and a looked from Dell and it costs 114$ its a bit to much for just a adaptor can't i use a normal displayport to DVI adaptor?