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    Eyefinity 7970m 3 monitors

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by player992, Sep 7, 2012.

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    Any way to have the m17x with 7970m run 3 external Dell U2412M monitors which have a DisplayPort, vga, and dvi? problem is the monitors have no hdmi =S Any thoughts? i dont need the m17x screen to be on, only the 3 external ones

    what cables do i need ? which port on the m17x
     
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    SVOShark Notebook Consultant

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    i heard that I'll need an "active" cable or something like that for eyefinity to work, is it true for the m17x? so its a mini dp to dp, vga to vga and hdmi to dvi?
     
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    The active cable is for displayport to DVI. It's not applicable for displayport native monitors.
     
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