The quick answer to which Radeon Video Cards support three monitors is any card with the ALL THREE of the following characteristics:

  1. The Radeon card has three heads/outputs (like VGA, DVI, DisplayPort, HDMI…)
  2. At least ONE of those heads is Display Port
  3. It has the EYEFINITY branding

Eyefinity is the AMD/ATI marketing term which means that card can support between 3 to 6 monitors (yes, you can buy Radeon cards that support SIX monitors).  For more details see THIS AMD link and as of March 2014 see the table below for the current product list.

Did you know that in addition to the typical way to get three displays (using all three heads), you can run THREE monitors from just ONE  DisplayPort head using ATI’s new MST technology:

For many technological reasons (PDF), DisplayPort is also a superior alternative to the same old connections (HDMI, VGA, DVI) that we’ve been using for a long time. For example, DisplayPort can deliver stereoscopic 3D content—like 3D games or Blu-ray—but at a much higher resolution and frame rate than either DVI or HDMI can provide. As another example, AMD products that feature DisplayPort 1.2 outputs can actually run several displays from just one port. This feature requires specialized display hubs (available 2012), but DVI and HDMI can’t do that!

URTECH.CA: You can buy an (Multi-Stream Transport) MST Hub / DisplayPort Hub HERE or HERE for about $125 .

 

AMD Radeon™ graphics solutions

Up to 6 displaysAMD Radeon™ HD 7900 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6900  SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6900M SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6800 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6800M SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6700M SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6600M SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6500M SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5800 Series
Up to 5 displaysAMD Radeon™ HD 6700 SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5700 Series
Up to 4 displaysAMD Radeon™ HD 6600 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6500 SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6400M SeriesAMD Radeon™ HD 6300M Series
Up to 3 displaysAMD Radeon™ HD 6400 SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5600 SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5500 SeriesATI Radeon™ HD 5400 Series
AMD FirePro™ Professional Graphics

Up to 6 displaysATI FirePro™ V9800
Up to 4 displaysATI FirePro™ V8800AMD FirePro™ V7900ATI FirePro™ 2460 Multi-View
Up to 3 displaysATI FirePro™ V7800AMD FirePro™ V5900ATI FirePro™ V5800ATI FirePro™ V4800

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