Triple-head setup advice sought

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:32:49 -0400
> Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> >> can support more than two displays.  The only restriction is that only
>> >> two non-displayport monitors are supported (all additional monitors
>> >> must be displayport).  Depending on the asic, they support up to 4 or
>> >> 6 independent monitors.
>> >
>> > This one has DVI, HDMI, VGA - and there are various other combinations
>> > available. I assume that means there is a displayport convertor built in ?
>>
>> No, that card can only drive two displays.
>
> It's driving three, right now with me typing on it and all showing
> different output. I guess it has the convertor built in. I'll try and
> find the box it came and check what the vendor info was.

If the displays are all using the same pixel clock, it may work.  The
limitation is that there are only two pixel clocks for driving non-DP
displays.

Alex