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ATI Eyefinity in action

don't get me wrong the performance seen here is great. I'm just bitter that it took as long as it did to get decent multimonitor support back to the degree we had even with XP.
 
Syndicated_Death said:
don't get me wrong the performance seen here is great. I'm just bitter that it took as long as it did to get decent multimonitor support back to the degree we had even with XP.
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Widescreen gamers have been neglected by ATI for years. Their solutions haven't been up to the standard of Nvidia.

As example:
Lack of aspect ratio support (this has been fixed and is working)
Lack of support for highest resolutions in TH2G. (Now they have a seemingly better version build into the card with higher resolution support then TH2G).

I agree with you that ATI finally have worked towards widescreen gamers and have been bitter in the past myself for their lack of support.

Now, I applaud them for bringing something larger then ever supported for widescreen gamers! Nobody else have this versatile and easy function as ATI managed to create. :D
 
Zorachus said:
ok thank you. So the 5870 card will ship with an adapter cord ? one that plugs into the small DisplayPort on the rear of the 5870, and three cables coming off that to attach to each monitor ? That makes sense I guess
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No spesific details yet on how to aquire the adapter, but its one plug from displayport and 3 cables to your DVI on the screen with it. :)
 
kristof said:
The open source drivers for ATI cards on Linux have done that for a while now.
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Too bad they don't support 3D acceleration :rolleyes:

On anything card made in the last 3 years, at least. Or so I hear. Mine crapped out just running GNOME, so I didn't even make it as far as trying to run a game.
 
Now the big question, which will be the most common multiple monitor setup people go with for the new 5800 series ? This is meant for the [H]ard crowd :cool: I mean I doubt NO one will be buying 6 - 30" Displays, even 3 - 30" Displays to me is perfect but only for the Lotto winners.

I think the odd number monitor setup works best, and that being 3 is perfect. But which size monitors will be the most common for this setup and not bust your bank account, but still look cool and large ?

3 - 22" at 1680x1050res is too small in my opinion, that's what the Matrox TH2G device did easily, I think 3 - 1920x1200res would be the baddest ass with out costing thousands of dollars ? How much is a nice 24" monitor at that size ? That size and res seems hard to find now, more 27" in that size lately ?
 
Unless you opt for 55MP! (from one PC and multiple cards):
24panels.jpg

http://legitreviews.com/article/1069/1/
 
LuminaryJanitor said:
Too bad they don't support 3D acceleration :rolleyes:

On anything card made in the last 3 years, at least. Or so I hear. Mine crapped out just running GNOME, so I didn't even make it as far as trying to run a game.
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R100 to R500 has had stable 3D for a while. Support for R600 and R700 is available but still "experimental." It's only been a few months since ATI released the 3D programming docs for them.

http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon

I've been using an R600 heavily for many months with no problems. I don't game on Linux of course.
 
Zorachus said:
Ok so this is NOT the single 5870 card playing WoW on 6 - 30" Displays, but a faster card, like the 5870X2 or special card made for 6 Displays ? I didn't think the standard $399 single 5870 could handle that.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/09/09/amd_next_generation_ati_radeon_eyefinity_technology

The 6 monitor setup is one single GPU card.
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Zorachus said:
k thank you. But how do 3 DVI connect to the rear of the 5870 ? The pictures I have seen of the card just show 2 DVI outs, and 1 HDMI, and 1 ?
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With the first iteration of the card, two DVI cables into two monitors, and one DisplayPort into a DVI adapter or a DisplayPort supported display.

Zorachus said:
ok thank you. So the 5870 card will ship with an adapter cord ? one that plugs into the small DisplayPort on the rear of the 5870, and three cables coming off that to attach to each monitor ? That makes sense I guess
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So sure if it will ship with and adapter.dongle or not. I have explained to AMD that I think this is extremely important to be included IMO.
 
Thanks for clearing this up for us, Kyle. :)
It seemed you were talking about single connection when you said:
Triple monitor configurations on the first-released cards will require a single DisplayPort adapter
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The video from the OP is finally up:
http://www.guru3d.com/news/ati-announces-eyefinity/

Since we have your attention, would you say there are more suprises coming with ATI's new card that we haven't heard of yet?
 
While I do love the eyefinity stuff, still need benchmarks to see just how well this holds up for anything besides the least graphically intense zone in WoW...
 
Wazooty said:
While I do love the eyefinity stuff, still need benchmarks to see just how well this holds up for anything besides the least graphically intense zone in WoW...
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It was running L4D at 7680x1600 without any issues as all. I played through the first level and it was joyous. It will take me a while to adapt to having such wide view though, I was playing like I was still limited. But DAMN it was fun.
 
That's good. Expecially considering I don't think most people would purchase 3 30" displays...probably closer to 22" for most
 
x3sphere said:
Doubt the GPU powering these was the 5870. Probably the 5870x2.
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It's a single one. They announced it with 2.5TF of power on 6 screens. That's a single Radeon HD 5870.

This seems to indicate a powerful TMU interface (something WoW craves).
 
Kyle I know you can't say much. But the card powering those 6 - 30" Displays had to be a beast ? For sure not a standard single 5870 ? And most likely not even a standard 5870x2 ?

Is this some super card I heard a rumor about the 5870x3 ? A triple GPU VideoCard

If that is even the case then a little misleading making it out sound like your run of the mill standard single card is doing the work easily, when in fact it could be some super $800 card doing it ?
 
Zorachus said:
Kyle I know you can't say much. But the card powering those 6 - 30" Displays had to be a beast ? For sure not a standard single 5870 ? And most likely not even a standard 5870x2 ?

Is this some super card I heard a rumor about the 5870x3 ? A triple GPU VideoCard

If that is even the case then a little misleading making it out sound like your run of the mill standard single card is doing the work easily, when in fact it could be some super $800 card doing it ?
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The 3x2 Eyefinity configuration shown in the article is being powered by a single GPU card.
 
Omfg I can't wait to jump back on the Ati boat! This isn't just another graphics card, this changes things. Cannot wait for it.
 
I'm pretty eager to see what kind of numbers it pulls via a single display. I'm happy enough playing on my big TV and I have to think that if it's doing well at 7680x3200, 1080p must be no problem.
My last 3 cards have been Nvidia, but I've got no problem going back to ATI. The 9800 pro is the best card I've ever owned.
I'm still interested to see what Nvidia is countering with, too, though.
 
A Single 5870 running 6 monitors -- 4 5870s running 24 monitors. Makes sense since there probably isn't a MB out there that can handle 4 5870X2 cards.

So what we are actually seeing is a single (non X2) 5870 running 6 30" monitors. Damn!
 
Smoothly at that....

I think I heard they're going more into numbers tomorrow? If the fps's they're getting are anywhere near as great as the eyefinity in general, the choice is obvious.
 
FYI: THOSE ARE NOT 5870's. They are a future unreleased product (maybe a 5870x2?)

HardOCP said:
What you are seeing below is a single air cooled AMD next-gen video card in a consumer ATX case powering six LCD displays. No tricks, no switches. Six 30" LCD panels with DisplayPort, and one "Evergreen" video card. This card is a future product that will likely be for sale around the holidays, but on launch day every card will support no less than 3 displays
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risqu3 said:
FYI: THOSE ARE NOT 5870's. They are a future unreleased product (maybe a 5870x2?)
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how many times do they have to say its a SINGLE GPU CARD. anything x2 is 2 GPUS on a stick not 1.
In regards to the single card running 6 displays so by that reasonign the system with 4 cards running 24 screen is probaly 4 of the same card running 6 screens. while it may not be the basic 5870 thats released this month its probaly a special edition 5870 2gb etc etc card you will see in december. but its not the 5870x2 option.
 
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