Generic can my gpu run 3 monitors thread #7,827

So, I have an msi 7850 twin frozr, and I'm trying to run three seperate desktops. One for my secondary, one for my primary, and one just for movies (it's the tv)

So, I'm curious... I read that you need two graphics cards to do that. Not sure what the go is here.

Also, excuse me if tehre is another thread about this, but I'm the worst at searching

7850 iirc has the same outputs as a 6850, 2x dvi, and hdmi and displayport. If you want to game accross all three in eyefinity then you'd need an active display port dongle if you wanted to use that port (a non active one will suffice if you just want to use it to watch videos or whatnot), otherwise you can just run 2 off dvi and one off hdmi and you'll be fine.

Nah, it's got two mini display ports I think it is, one do and one him I.
Have one plugged into hdmi, one in dvi, and one in a display port... it won't let me have three separate desktops which is the aim. Just to have as I said, one for movies, but if I can't, I'll just have to swap them I suppose. I don't reckon it'll let me eye finite, because the two other monitors (bar my main one) have chappy rez, whilst the main one has 1080p

Have you installed the required drivers?

As far as i'm aware.
It has the amd catalyc driver or whatever, and that appears to be bundled (or is) the driver.
I can't activate the tv from in that, I have to activate it through the microsoft desktop management, but it will activate the tv (as well as have the other two monitors on) and it will refuse to save settings saying 'unable to save display settings'

It's weird. The tv doesn't show in catalyc till it's on in the Microsoft thing