jandarsun8

Hmm wasn't sure where to put this but since it's ATI specific, I put it here. Feel free to move accordingly.

ATI creates Eyefinity by pass's Windows monitor limitation. Supports up to 6 30' monitors off of one card.

SemiAccurate :: ATI Eyefinity runs WoW at 7680 x 3200

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Judas

lol

i had WoW running @ 7680x2400 almost a bloody year ago..

might even still have a screenshot somewhere.. o.O

and on windows 7


I've been looking for this kind of technology and the limitations that ati had with 3840x2400 being their maximum single DVI output resolution...

Should be interesting when they get Crossfire and all that working...

BTW... IMO... 3 monitor and 9 monitor solutions are the best way to go..... keeps things in proper demensions and eliminates center bevel issue

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BlueMak

Apart from Judas that comes from the future, yeah, it is impressive that a single card is able to handle the resolution and the monitors without any extra hardware.

I don't really care about it, but I do like the performance with it. It looks like the 5xxx series will be about 30-40% faster than the 4xxx.

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SeraphicSorcerer

It looks good. I'll say that

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Judas

well it's not really the prospect of high resolutions across multiple monitors.. it's the idea that they are now able to do high resolutions with the single video card.

now nvidia has been able to pump out HIGH resolutions through vga/dvi connection for a long time... which always seemed to interest me in why ati wasn't able to do the same.

With this technology.... there isn't a 2560x1600 or 3840x2400 resolution limitation put in place on the monitors..

So i wouldn't be at all shocked to see a LCD manufacturer taking the next step to produce a Consumer end 3840x2400 LCD monitor. OR making the BIG jump to 7680x4800...

I've seen or have talked to a few people that have considered the ability to take 4 of the 1920x1200 or 1080p lcd screens and align them into a single panel with little to no difficulty.... it's not really that hard... LCDs are quite easy and cheap to develope.. it's just making sure you have no dead pixels, instead of having to produce a new assembly line for these type of screens, they could be assembled as off shoots of the current ones.

Shit samsung has had out the 2343BWX for awhile now.. a 2048x1152 16:9 monitor that imo is ONE hell of a good monitor, the dollar value on it is insane and it's very good. This screams that samsung or another manufacturers aren't having any issues with ramping up the resolution in the lcd department.

Either way.... i'd take a single 3840x2400 30" monitor over 4 1920x1200 24" monitors any day of the week.

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BlueMak

That's what she said?

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swimtech

That really was an amazing demo...

Yeah, the prospect of running three monitors looks to be a practical proposition - it would still take a lot of space but wouldn't require a lot of extra time or special brackets to set up. Three 22" or 24" displays cost $450-700 for basic mainstream models so that's not an impractical possibility either for the benefit you could get from it. Folks routinely spend a lot more on a HDTV!

A display array nearly as wide as my outstretched arms - that's just too cool!

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BlueMak

My main problem with set ups like these, is IMO, when you want to watch on all of them a movie or play a game that treats them as one monitor. The break of view between each monitor really annoys me. If on one screen I can see info A and on the others, different, for example a strategy game you can see a map on one monitor, research on another, etc, that would be ultra cool, but I don't think there are more than 1-2 strategy games that support it, and they are all RTS.

If I could afford it, I would rather get a huge monitor than several smaller.

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swimtech

Yes, it is a bit annoying with commonly available monitors now. I am thinking too though, that I would get used to the small break across the screens the bezels cause - it's possible to make super thin bezels a quarter inch or so wide, even less with cooperation from the panel makers (Samsung designs the monitors and makes panels, so do others...) - it's just that no company has really tried. I think the brain would compensate and it would still be very enjoyable with reduced bezel thickness.

Judas would be a good one to get a comment from concerning the perception issue I bet - he's been gaming that way for a long time I believe...

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Judas

you do get used to the small breakin the screen to the point of not even noticing it at all...

PROVIDED you use in multiples of 3

1/3/9 (if you want to try to keep porportions relaitvely good)

either 3 across and then 5 across.. then a jump to 9 in a square...

Why?

because the center is the most important.... you can't play games very well at all when the split is along the center.... trust me.. it just is way to bloody hard to play...

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OldBuzzard

It would be like driving a car. How many people REALLY notice the A pillers when they are driving? The brain just ignores them after awhile.

I'm thinking that 3 monitors, anywhere from 24-30" would be the 'sweet spot' for most people.

I'm also thinking that a flight sim with the FOV set out to around 130 Deg or so, monitors setup in a /ŻŻ\ configuration would be the cat's ass.

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simonw

I can't see this product having a mass market appeal because how many of us would want to game on 6 monitors. However, the multi monitor setup would be good for people such as market traders.

RE III - Frankie

I'm ah gonna get one. Be back soon!