R9 NANO - 6x eyefinity + control screen possible

4 replies

2 Feb 2016

Hi there,
is it possible following setup?
R9 NANO
2x CSV-5300 - MST 1-3 DP Hub as 3x2 Landscape Display Group (eyefinity)
+ control monitor over HDMI output of graphic card
thanks.

3 Feb 2016

Hi Ivan,
No i the card will not support more than 6 screens.
If you want to connect more screens you can place a second card, i would advise to use a AMD Based card for that. Or use a External USB Graphics like CSV-2300H, this is not for gaming but will give you an extra screen for standard use.

3 Feb 2016

Thanks!

3 Feb 2016

another question: would it work if one of screen is matrox dualhead with res: 2048x768?
then I would have 5 screens for eyefinity (I'll split matrox as two screens and get totally 6)
and 1 screen as my normal desktop. possible?

4 Feb 2016

Windows can take more than 6 screens, just not your Graphics Card.
So if you have an external Graphics Device that should work.
However if that External device is not seen by the system as a Graphics Device and just splitting the output coming from your Graphics Card in the system, than it will not help. I am not sure how your system sees that Matrox DualHead2Go ...