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AKlawyerboy
 Post subject: question about ATI Radeon HD 5770
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 6:34 pm 
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"And like all the HD 5000 series, you can connect up to three displays to a single card."
so i noticed that sentence, but when i look at my card i only see 2 slots to plug in a monitor. what am i missing?
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 Post subject: Re: question about ATI Radeon HD 5770
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:39 pm 
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AKlawyerboy wrote:
"And like all the HD 5000 series, you can connect up to three displays to a single card."
so i noticed that sentence, but when i look at my card i only see 2 slots to plug in a monitor. what am i missing?


Which 5770 do you have? On Newegg, it looks like every 5770 comes with at least 3 display outputs. Note that DVI isn't the only connection type for monitors, DisplayPort and HDMI work too. (VGA too, but you rarely see that on enthusiast cards nowadays.)
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AKlawyerboy
 Post subject: Re: question about ATI Radeon HD 5770
PostPosted: Tue Nov 09, 2010 7:44 pm 
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OCNoob wrote:
AKlawyerboy wrote:
"And like all the HD 5000 series, you can connect up to three displays to a single card."
so i noticed that sentence, but when i look at my card i only see 2 slots to plug in a monitor. what am i missing?


Which 5770 do you have? On Newegg, it looks like every 5770 comes with at least 3 display outputs. Note that DVI isn't the only connection type for monitors, DisplayPort and HDMI work too. (VGA too, but you rarely see that on enthusiast cards nowadays.)

ok, i found the HDMI port. silly me, didnt know you could use HDMI to plug in monitors.
thank you
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