Multiple Displays - AMD FirePro W8100 User Manual

8 Display Configuration
Table 3–1 Display Connection Options
Display
DisplayPort display
DFP (digital flat-panel)
display
HDMI™ display
CRT (cathode ray tube)
display
Note: Adapters mentioned here may not be included with your AMD FirePro
product.
Once displays are connected to the graphics card, you can control how they are
currently configured as well as how Windows® desktops appear on the displays using
the Control Center software application. Common configuration tasks include:
Adding and removing displays
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Rotating displays
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Setting the main (primary) display
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Duplicating and extending desktops
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Arranging desktops
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For more information, see

3.2.1 Multiple Displays

Your AMD FirePro™ W8100 graphics card DisplayPort 1.2 connections support a
maximum resolution of 4096 × 2160 pixels. AMD FirePro™ W8100 supports four
displays natively, and up to six displays, using DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-stream
technology.
Different types of displays can be combined within the following parameters:
Your AMD FirePro™ W8100 has three clocks.
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Two displays connected with active adaptors (active single-link DVI, dual-link
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DVI, and VGA) can share a clock, while displays connected with passive adaptors
(passive single-link DVI and HDMI) require a separate clock per device.
DisplayPort 1.2 connections supporting DisplayPort Multi-stream technology
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can connect to multiple DisplayPort devices.
Monitors connected via passive adapters must all have the same resolution and
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refresh rate.
The following table shows some examples of multiple display configurations; (A)
indicates an active adapter is used and (P) indicates a passive adapter is used. Display
abbreviations are DP = DisplayPort, sDVI = single-link DVI, and dDVI = dual-link DVI.
AMD FirePro™ W8100 Graphics Accelerator
Connection Options
DisplayPort connection
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DisplayPort connection with DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter (single- or dual-
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link)
DisplayPort connection with DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter
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• DisplayPort connection with DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
Chapter 4 Using the Control Center Software (p. 11).
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