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using 3 screens on MAC Pro 12 Core with ATI Radeon HD 5870
Hi..
I have bought a new MAC Pro 12 core machine. I wanted to use 3 Displays for my video editing work. AS of now I have got
1. 1 Apple 27″ Cinema Display which uses mini display port
2. 1 Dell Monitor 19″ with DVI Port
3. 1 LG HD Screen for previewing videos.Now on my graphics card it has 3 ports. 2 mini display ports and 1 Dvi port. I have got 1 mini display to HDMI convertor for me to connect on to my LG Screen.
So now when I connect all the 3 ports that is 1 mini display with Apple 27″ & 1 DVI for Dell monitor & 1 mini display to dvi convertor for LG screen then all the 3 doesn’t work.Either of the 2 works… 1 minidisplay & minidisplay to hdmi works or 1 mini display & dvi works but all the 3 displays doesn’t work at a time. Kindly guide me how to get all the 3 displays working for the editing work.
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Yes I have read that article but still want to know in my situation is there a way in which I can view 3 displays together.
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You’ve been pointed in right direction. You can’t use three displays w/ single video card. You can use either two mini ports simultaneously or alternatively mini port and dvi. To use third display you have to buy second video card.
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Thanks but Apple says that you can use 3 screens together 2 mini displays and 1 dvi ports is used without any convertors attached to it. Which means if I use 2 Apple screens and 1 Television screen with a DVI Port it should work… Thats what they say… I haven’t tried though but will try soon.
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Curious if you ever figured things out? I am currently in a similar situation and cant get things working.
My setup-
Mac Pro
ATI Radeon HD 5870Display 1 – DVI to DVI
Display 2 – Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort
Sony LCD TV – Mini DisplayPort to HDMIAny ideas?
Thanks!
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