AMD Shows off 24 Panel Eyefinity on DirectX 11 Graphics Cards (VERY SEXY)

[August]

This is sexy:

 

AMD Shows Off Eyefinity

 

AMD is showing off a brand new technology today called Eyefinity (press release). AMD's next-generation of DirectX 11 graphics cards come with support for up to to six independent displays, which allows you the ability to connect anywhere from one to six displays to just one video card. AMD says that the experience is unlike anything you have ever seen before. This is because using six 30" LCD displays will give you an insane 7680x3200 pixel resolution for gaming! This setup is capable of 268 Megapixels!

 

 

AMD obviously spent a lot of time on the Eyefinity drivers and they seem to be fairly solid even though the graphics cards won't be launched for a number of weeks. AMD had a system up and playing the upcoming DX11 racing game, Dirt 2, at 7680 x 3200 with solid performance from the looks of it. Playing games at this resolution will tax the system, but obviously the new Evergreen DirectX 11 graphics card has the muscle to run the game just fine. We got our hands dirty this morning and tried out gaming across three 30" displays in a 3 x 1 configuration and we must say it's very different as there is just so much screen to look at. It's a game changer for sure, as the gaming experience is a lot different.

 

 

Here is one of the demo systems being shown at the launch event this afternoon running a demo loop of Dirt 2. AMD has partnered display maker Samsung that will be introducing new displays today that feature with ultra-thin bezels, designed with Eyefinity in mind.

 

 

The back of the PC is what the hardware enthusiast is going to be interested in and the picture above is worth a million bucks. You can clearly see all six of the DisplayPort connections that are plugged into a single expansion slot.

 

 

This is ATI Eyefinity to the extreme! You are looking at 24 panels and 55 Megapixels of video content coming from one PC that is running multi-GPU technology! Sure a projector might be a little cheaper and easier to run a display of this size, but it doesn't have the wow factor that this ATI Eyefinity setup offers.

 

[August]

here's a video of this in action:

 

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[Ngo]

looks pretty sweet and expensive to do.

[Wrathek]

holy fuck.. nvidia needs to catch up to this.. i want this.

[PotshotPolka]

Is it cheaper to get 6 20" monitors than 1 40" tv?

[August]

Is it cheaper to get 6 20" monitors than 1 40" tv?

 

depends on the brands. but yeah you can definitely find 6 good 20" monitors cheaper than a 40" tv.

[skitzophranic]

holy..hell, those are some sexy monitors built up to make a "tv". One dayz I'll have that

[RedOctober]

wow, that is pertty cool bit i dont see how practical it is. from a gaming perspective i would rather have 1 solid display that is smaller than 6 monitors with black lines and breaks in the screen running through it.

[Coffee Crisp]

That's what I was talking about in Last-Stand's thread. Like I said before, I'm pretty sure NVIDIA has something up their sleeve. They always come back with something better.

[jazzy]

My god that's stupid

"hey gaiz instead of building BIGGER, BETTER tvs, let's build like 60 small ones"

 

GOOD. FUCKING. IDEA.

do you know how much a general 14" monitor costs? around $100.

you want to spend $600 just to feel super duper special, and then you need to upgrade your gpu to some shitty graphics card for $200>

 

And besides hte fact that 6000~ by #### isn't probably available to 90% of games.

 

edit: and the fact i have a lot of people on my friends list on steam that have dual monitors, they say it's more hassle than it's worth, and the fact that you have to move your eyes a lot more.

imagine playing jailbreak with the t on your very left screen, where you have to look alllll the way over there, just to aim at him.