EYEFINITY owners; Landscape or Portrait ?

I bought an ergotron triple stand and 3 samsung 23s. Got my dell adapter today so i'll get my setup going tonight. Quick question for anyone running crossfired 5870s with eyefinity. I plan to pick up a 2nd 5870 if i can run a 4th monitor for web browsing.
 
veedubfreak said:
I bought an ergotron triple stand and 3 samsung 23s. Got my dell adapter today so i'll get my setup going tonight. Quick question for anyone running crossfired 5870s with eyefinity. I plan to pick up a 2nd 5870 if i can run a 4th monitor for web browsing.
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No, or at least not yet I don't think.

Also, I'd suggest holding off on getting another 5870 if you're also wanting to run crossfire with Eyefinity. As I mentioned in a previous post, even with the 9.12 hotfix, only 2 games out of 14 I tested actually make use of the second card.
 
harmattan said:
Also, I'd suggest holding off on getting another 5870 if you're also wanting to run crossfire with Eyefinity. As I mentioned in a previous post, even with the 9.12 hotfix, only 2 games out of 14 I tested actually make use of the second card.
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That is big news...which two games do work with Crossfire + Eyefinity ?

So for now sounds like your still better off with the 5970, it is cheaper anyways than 2 - 5870's...or wait for the new 5870-6 card that can run 6 displays, not that you would run that many, but the card will have 2gb memory on a single chip, so should be better for Eyefinity setups than a standard 5870 ? I think it will get official announcement at CES this week
 
Zorachus said:
That is big news...which two games do work with Crossfire + Eyefinity ?

So for now sounds like your still better off with the 5970, it is cheaper anyways than 2 - 5870's...or wait for the new 5870-6 card that can run 6 displays, not that you would run that many, but the card will have 2gb memory on a single chip, so should be better for Eyefinity setups than a standard 5870 ? I think it will get official announcement at CES this week
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Yes, it's one of the things you won't hear in ATI's press releases :) So far, only L4D2 and ARMA take advantage of the second card. Running Crossfire with two cards in Eyefinity actually seems to HURT performance on more games that it helps.

There's a good thread of benches and reports here: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=311908
 
Zorachus said:
That is big news...which two games do work with Crossfire + Eyefinity ?

So for now sounds like your still better off with the 5970, it is cheaper anyways than 2 - 5870's...or wait for the new 5870-6 card that can run 6 displays, not that you would run that many, but the card will have 2gb memory on a single chip, so should be better for Eyefinity setups than a standard 5870 ? I think it will get official announcement at CES this week
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I wanted a 5970, but they just don't exist. If i manage to find one i'll probably pick one up anyway and just sell the 5870. But ya, this is why i've held off on a 2nd 5870. Trying to get a little more info on crossfire. Guess i need to find a card at work to shove in for my websurfing display.
 
veedubfreak said:
I wanted a 5970, but they just don't exist. If i manage to find one i'll probably pick one up anyway and just sell the 5870. But ya, this is why i've held off on a 2nd 5870. Trying to get a little more info on crossfire. Guess i need to find a card at work to shove in for my websurfing display.
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I thought AMD said stock on the 5800 series would improve greatly in the new year ? There may be an announcement at CES this week, but I would expect the 5970, 5870, and 5850 to be back at MSRP and in stock everywhere in February, maybe sooner.

Already on the egg, the 5850's have 6 brands in stock to purchase, and the 5870 has 9 brands for sale, but 5970's have vanished
5850's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0048 106793261 1067949753&name=Radeon HD 5850
5870's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0048 106793261 1067949754&name=Radeon HD 5870
 
vjcsmoke said:
Actually, technically they give you exactly the same amount of game world to see. It's just in portrait more of your pixels are vertical. If you enjoy portrait more, then use it. Don't worry about how it compares to a single 30" because 1920x1200x3 is always more pixels than a 30" display. 2560x1600= 4m pixels 1920x1200x3= 6.9m pixels. The 24"x3 Eyefinity setup is providing 72.5% more pixels than the single 30" display. How you orient it is just a matter of preference. there's no 'right' way to do it except what feels best for the individual.
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+1. Post of the thread.
 
vjcsmoke said:
Actually, technically they give you exactly the same amount of game world to see. It's just in portrait more of your pixels are vertical. If you enjoy portrait more, then use it. Don't worry about how it compares to a single 30" because 1920x1200x3 is always more pixels than a 30" display. 2560x1600= 4m pixels 1920x1200x3= 6.9m pixels. The 24"x3 Eyefinity setup is providing 72.5% more pixels than the single 30" display. How you orient it is just a matter of preference. there's no 'right' way to do it except what feels best for the individual.
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I definitely agree with what you said last, in the end it's up to you to decide what you like best. Still, I was under the impression that you do see "more" in landscape than in portrait in modern games because they render the viewing "window" according to fov and aspect ratio, not pixel count, so a 30" in 16x10 would have the same viewable space in game as a 24" in 16x10 at a lower resolution. Graphical fidelity would just be higher on the 30" at higher resolution.
 
I prefer landscape. The bezels bother me, so I dont just want one giant monitor with bezels squished in every 1/3rd of the way. The size monitors are there to fill your peripheral vision with the game world, I dont want to have ui elements and stuff cut up between the 3 screens.

I dont have 3 monitors, but Ive seen eyefinity first hand so I can at least share my preference.

The bezels dont bother me with em in portrait, due to the fact that they are basically in an area of my field of vision that I am not really looking at. You look at your center main monitor, and the other 2 are just filling peripheral vision, so you dont notice the bezels. For me anyway.

Grats on the sweet sweet setup btw!
 
Portrait mode to me looks no diffrent then the 40" Sharp in 1920x 1080p that i have hanging in the living room and without the bezels as it's use for HTPC and Gaming.. Just a big Old Picture..
 
dmonkey said:
I definitely agree with what you said last, in the end it's up to you to decide what you like best. Still, I was under the impression that you do see "more" in landscape than in portrait in modern games because they render the viewing "window" according to fov and aspect ratio, not pixel count, so a 30" in 16x10 would have the same viewable space in game as a 24" in 16x10 at a lower resolution. Graphical fidelity would just be higher on the 30" at higher resolution.
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Yes, that's right, at least in widescreen-friendly games (hor+). In some of those games you can even letterbox your screen to increase the FOV, for instance at 1920x400 you would see as much as you would with 3x 1920x1200 screens in landscape Eyefinity.
 
The only thing that bothers me about portrait is the horizontal resolution. At this point I have 2 NEC 22" P221W's and a 26" KDS (will soon be replacing). Tried the 22's in portrait as a dual setup and the horizontal res of only 1050 just bothered me. Oddly enough 1200 pixels makes a huge difference compared to 1050. Maybe I should have sprung for two 24" NEC's instead (oh well).

I will just save my money and probably get a Dell 3007 (no input lag) vs an updated IPS from NEC (if they ever decide to make one with a game mode that disables the scaler). Pretty sure eyefinity will soon allow PLP gaming. I have a feeling nVidia will realize the enthusiast crowd wants something like eyefinity and will try to wiggle its way into 3 monitor gaming. When that happens I expect ATI to expand their support for different configurations and what not. Ideally I will have a 22-30-22 PLP setup for gaming. For now though I will settle with a single 30" 2560x1600 once I get the money.
 
@BlitzPuppet: Why? If they like to play WoW it's their setup.

Awesome setups guys, I'd really love to get 2 more 30's for eyefinity, that would be incredibly immersive.
 
I switched over to landscape and i seem to prefer it to the portrait. Portrait just made it into a giant 16x10 monitor, does feel more immersive playing at landscape.
 
i debated between these two and settled on neither...

i bought 2007fp's - 20" @ 1600x1200 - a happy medium and im loving it :)

its neither too tall nor too wide ...
 
I've never had a multi screen setup, but I have always wondered if the black bar that is made from the gap between the screens ever distract you from the game? It seem really weird having that black bar there.

what do you guys think?
 
phpessotti said:
I've never had a multi screen setup, but I have always wondered if the black bar that is made from the gap between the screens ever distract you from the game? It seem really weird having that black bar there.

what do you guys think?
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No more than the side pillars on your car distract you from driving. If you want to stare at them then sure it'll be bothersome, however the idea is to have a center monitor meaning the sides will stay in your peripheral vision.
 
Now if you want true bezel-less monitors, wait for this technology to come down into PC displays :eek:

Imagine 3 of these in EYEFINITY :eek: Now this is no bezels, or very little of them.


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any one thoght of takeing them out of the caseings and monting them on boards at eye lvl to see if they is less frame
 
Rogue71 said:
i can see the appeal for portrait but most of my game are either fps or driving, so its landscape for me so far. ive only had my setup for 3 days now but.....crap its nice to have 3 screens.

3 x Dell U2410
Asus 5870
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Landscape does indeed rule. It has saved my butt in WoW dungeons a few times. Once in Halls of Reflection, I turned the camera a bit to notice an incoming baddy on the left screen, I would have not seen on a single monitor.

Dang, this could be sued in a commercial to help advertise and sell EYEFINITY :D
 
landscape because there isn't usually enemies floating in the air that you cant see.
 
as an add-on to this post, id like to know what kind of angles people are using with their eyefinity setups. as well as how close you sit to the main screen ( are the side screens actually in your peripheral vision or not really) im having a bit of a time trying to find a happy middleground. i play fps and driving games. seems very weird if i sit back too far. for the few fps games ive played so far the angle i have mine on seems odd. could be i just need to get used to them. im not over my nausea yet. seems everytime i take a larger step up in screen size it takes a while to get used to it, and one of the side affects is feeling nausea.....am i the only one? so let me know what your angles are please, and what u play with them at those angles.
 
The bezels in my setup isnt to bad if i put one my side monitors behind the middle so i can only see the bezel on my middle monitor. Oh and does dirt 2 in landscape feel kinda weird to other?
 
Rogue71 said:
as an add-on to this post, id like to know what kind of angles people are using with their eyefinity setups. as well as how close you sit to the main screen ( are the side screens actually in your peripheral vision or not really) im having a bit of a time trying to find a happy middleground. i play fps and driving games. seems very weird if i sit back too far. for the few fps games ive played so far the angle i have mine on seems odd. could be i just need to get used to them. im not over my nausea yet. seems everytime i take a larger step up in screen size it takes a while to get used to it, and one of the side affects is feeling nausea.....am i the only one? so let me know what your angles are please, and what u play with them at those angles.
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I have my Landscape monitors tilted in about 30-35 degrees or so. I guess I am about 36" to 46" away depending on wether I am "lounging" or actually REALLY playing intently. Seems to be the sweet spot for me. I got over nausea thing pretty quick. Only was a bit weird in the first hour or so I played. After that, I couldn't go back!

In portrait, my angle is MUCH softer, mabye just tilted in a touch. That setup more closely resembles one large screen, so not much angle on side monitors needed there.
 
babochee said:
The bezels in my setup isnt to bad if i put one my side monitors behind the middle so i can only see the bezel on my middle monitor. Oh and does dirt 2 in landscape feel kinda weird to other?
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first thing i noticed on some driving games....if you feel like youre sitting in the back seat, move in closer. the weirdness goes away.(dirt and nfs shift i find has this. they should adjust the fov so that youre not sitting so far back. side panels really dont need to display as much as they try to cram in there for the desired effect. problem with that is your too damn close to the main screen if u move in too close.. otherwise you need to practise focusing on the main screen more.


well i was going through my games to see what worked and didnt work in eyefinity.

wow dont get loaded and then try to navigate the menus in BF2 @ 5760x1200 LOL. game looks too weird ill be sticking to single screen for that one.

to my surprise GRID had the best FOV of all the games. i had NO fisheye or distortion, and the angles of the incar view were perfect. too bad the physics suck compared to NFS: SHIFT or DIRT. i find DIRT to be more like NFS: SHIFT, where you are sitting a bit further back in the car. weirdest thing ever was i had to drive a newer model honda civic today for a bit. first thing i noticed was the FOV comparison to both DIRT and NFS:SHIFT. it looks almost identical to what i was seeing in the car. freaked me out really. i usually drive a van so my FOV is pretty much what youd see on a single screen. the side windows dont go so far forward.

i think most of my nausea is because my eyes are feeling strained. i can still feel the stress on the outside part of my eyes from yesterdays internet session. i have a feeling its directly related to the monitor postition and brightness. i usually have the brightness and gamma turned down so im not burning my retnas off, but i hadnt adjusted those yet on these new screens. i turned the brightness down to 40 from 50, ill see how that works.
 
I tried my U2410s in portrait and thought they were WAY too high up to work. Maybe I sit too low in my desk....
 
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