Lord_Exodia
Supreme [H]ardness
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@ Vega, any eta of when the numbers will be re-posted? Sorry if it was asked and adressed already.
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ZR30W apparently doesn't have a scaler. If that is true, then the U3011 would be definitely a no go for me because I can't abide even 15ms of input lag. My U2410s in game mode are barely acceptable.
It's "dual" not "duel". Additionally a 2nd 6970 will probably serve you better than a single dual GPU card. The dual GPU cards these days tend to have gimped clocks in order to keep their TDP to 300 watts or less.
Hell no. From what I understand those monitors have a built in scaler and considerable input lag. Not everyone is sensitive to that but I sure as hell am. I couldn't live with that. So for me the 3007WFP-HC is the only choice. Unfortunately they are in short supply these days.
No, I went with 3x ZR30w because they have no scalar and minimal input lag just like the 3007. Its the U3011 that has the scalar and input lag.
@ Vega, any eta of when the numbers will be re-posted? Sorry if it was asked and adressed already.
Wow, that is a f'ing monstrosity. So that $500 video card plus $300 worth of active DP adapters is all I need for eyefinity without screen tearing? What a bargain...
Hello Vega,
Could you give information regarding to heat and noise of 6970 xfire build?
All the monitors are on the same card (primary). There seems to be heat and noise problems for the primary card.
What was your experience and what is your cooling setup right now?
What is your idling temperature and fan speed?
for my eyefinity setup (5040x1080), over 60C with low usage in desktop with fan speed between 30-40% for primary card.
Second card is 35C...
Ya, to say I got sidetracked with all of the Displayport and tearing issues is an understatement. nVidia has already released new beta drivers for the 580s with improvements and unless AMD is completely daft, should have new 6970 drivers this week.
Any idea if those driver improvements will be across the board and effect the 480s in SLi? I'm considering two 480s instead of 580s due to the cost savings.
Holy mother, this is what I'm talking about: http://www.techpowerup.com/137935/A...Radeon-HD-6970-DirectCu-II-Graphics-Card.html
If its going to be triple slot, give me 6 full size display port and two dvi...
When running more than 1 monitor the 2D idle clocks will increase and hence cause increased temps as well. This happens on all nvidia / ATI cards.
Thanks for the info.
I saw 95+C on load and that was enough for me. So this seems as normal for everyone.
I cannot replace my second card to another slot due to the short xfire bridge.
I might try to get a longer one to test 16x/8x configuration which will hopefully help ventilation.
The xFire bridge situation is complete bullshit. AMD can't even design their air coolers correctly and then they include the shortest cables for XFire, brilliant move.
Even motherboards with space for 3 PCI-E slots don't necessarily include long XFire bridges. My MSI board did but my Asus board doesn't.
If you HAVE the option to separate them, do it. Perhaps something like http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-ATI-C...eo_TV_Cards&hash=item4152b613c3#ht_1295wt_905 ?
You can actually order longer Crossfire bridges from ASUS. I've also found them on Ebay. That's what I did when I had dual 4870 X2's in my machine.
Sure you can order them, but I don't expect to buy high-end parts only to have to shell out a few dollars here and there (half of which is shipping) for shit that should be included.
For instance, the Asus P7P55WS has five PCI-E slots and comes with every single kind of SLI bridge...but only one XFire bridge. Granted, it's got an Nforce 200 chipset, and it doesn't even advertise that it can do Tri-Fire, though any board with three real PCI-E slots can.
I read most of the thread but it's really long now. Does anyone know what is causing the screen tearing on the 6970s? Is it a driver issue or something with the display adapters?
Not sure. When I had my Radeon HD 5970 I didn't have any screen tearing. I had two monitors connected via dual link DVI ports and one connected through the mini-display port to display port and an active display port to dual link DVI adapter. It could be a 6xxx series thing.
Yeah just some weird decisions by ati this time.. NOT including 2 dual dvi ports was just asinine and now this screen tearing issue.
I'm running a similar screen setup as Kenji and waiting on my 3rd 3007, I don't experience any tearing as well...but I will wait until I receive my 3rd display before I give my end results
Vega
So running 3 monitors on different inputs is causing the screen tearing?
Im currently running a 2 3007's.. one via DVI and one via mini dp and im not having any screen tearing.
I read most of the thread but it's really long now. Does anyone know what is causing the screen tearing on the 6970s? Is it a driver issue or something with the display adapters? Is this happening at other resolutions or just with 3x30 setups?
You running Vsync on? That's where the tear happens.
Yes, it is for the 6900 series. It's a physical hardware limitation between using mixed DP/DVI-D as they cannot "sync" properly under VSync on.