AMD Radeon HD 7850, User Manual

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Fo” best g”aphics pe”fo”—ance and “ua–ity, a–ways use native connections, when
avai–ab–e.
Note: Adapte”s not p”ovided with you” g”aphics ca”d can be pu”chased di”ect–y f”o—
AMD's Web site o” th”ough you” –oca– AMD ”ese––e”s.
Table 4–1 Display Configurations
Display Configuration Connection Options
CRT (VGA) disp–ay 給 DVI connection and DVI-to-VGA adapte”
給
Mini Disp–ayPo”t connection with Mini Disp–ayPo”t-to-VGA adapte”
HDMI HDTV
給
DVI connection with DVI-to-HDMI adapte”
給
Mini Disp–ayPo”t connection with Mini Disp–ayPo”t-to-HDMI adapte”
If you” g”aphics ca”d inc–udes a Disp–ayPo”t o” Mini Disp–ayPo”t connection, you can
the fo––owing types of Disp–ayPo”t-co—p–iant adapte”s/dong–es with you” g”aphics
ca”d:
給
Adapte”s Uses Disp–ayPo”t signa–s to t”ans—it audio and video info”—ation
between va”iants of the sa—e connection type (fo” exa—p–e, Mini Disp–ayPo”t to
standa”d Disp–ayPo”t).
給
Active dong–es A––ows connection f”o— a Disp–ayPo”t connection to a non-
Disp–ayPo”t disp–ay using Disp–ayPo”t signa–s.
給
Passive dong–es A––ows connection f”o— a Disp–ayPo”t connection to a non-
Disp–ayPo”t disp–ay using non-Disp–ayPo”t signa–s.
The type of adapte”/dong–e used dete”—ines the nu—be” of disp–ays that can be
suppo”ted by you” g”aphics ca”d. In gene”a–, —o”e disp–ays can be suppo”ted with
Disp–ayPo”t adapte”s and active dong–es than with passive ones.
Note: A –ist of co—patib–e adapte”s/dong–es fo” you” g”aphics ca”d can be found at:
http://suppo”t.a—d.co—/us/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity-dong–es.aspx .
4.2.1 Multiple Displays
You” AMD Radeon HD 7850/7870 g”aphics ca”d p”ovides disp–ay functiona–ity fo” up
to six disp–ays using any co—bination of the fo––owing:
給
Any nu—be” of Mini Disp–ayPo”t connections.
You can connect —o”e than one disp–ay to a Mini Disp–ayPo”t connection using
a daisy chain configu”ation o” a hub (—u–ti-disp–ay suppo”t is —ade possib–e
th”ough the Disp–ayPo”t v1.2 standa”d).
給
Two connections between the dua–-–ink DVI and HDMI connections.
The fo––owing tab–e shows so—e exa—p–es of —u–tip–e disp–ay configu”ations; (A)
indicates an active adapte” is used and (P) indicates a passive adapte” is used. Disp–ay
abb”eviations a”e —DP = Mini Disp–ayPo”t, DVI = dua–-–ink DVI-I.
12 Display Configuration
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