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New AMD Graphics Card Runs Six Screens At Once

5:30PM September 11, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Completely pointless from a consumer standpoint, we know, but then, we also know this kind of stuff is cool regardless; witness one of AMD’s new DirectX 11 graphics cards running a game on six monitors.

The technology is called “Eyefinity”, and allows users to combine several monitors and have the card output to them as though it were a single display. A jumbotron in your office, if you will.

Eyefinity is able to run on a single GPU, and this example pictured combines six 30-inch Dell monitors into a single display running at…wait for it…7680×4800.

AMD’s Eyefinity Graphics Card Drives Six 30-Inch Monitors At Once [Gizmodo]

Comments

  • metalisticpain

    September 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM

    Yeah its nice to watch but i wouldnt actually play a game like that. Too many lines cutting into my screen :P

  • annonie

    September 11, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    Ive never understood nor liked multiple screens unless its a driving simulator where you have a screen for each window. I hate the break between screens. My 32″ is enough.

    Im waiting for DX11 cards though, decided not to get a 4870 and wait.

    7680×4800 jesus what are they trying to do? What needs those capabilities?… Is there anything that actually RUNS at 4800p? I thought 1080p was okay… but okay sure…um.

  • warcroft

    September 11, 2009 at 7:26 PM

    How does the card deal with the multiple outputs on the back?
    Six HDMI slots?

  • Jay

    September 11, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    Yeah cool, but looks stupid.

    Especially for FPS’s & for online.

  • taubasil

    September 11, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    HOW MUCH!!!

  • Minh Do

    September 11, 2009 at 8:30 PM

    holy cow! this is amazing stuff

  • noob saibot

    September 11, 2009 at 9:35 PM

    single display running at…wait for it…7680×4800.

    No, that would be 7680×3200 as the 30 inch monitors vertical resolution is 1600, so times 2 is 3200 not 4800.

  • plmko

    September 11, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    Screw ATI, just wait for Nvidia. Had just about enough of crazy ATI incompatibilities in games and sharp drops in FPS.

  • Collision

    September 11, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    Now they just need to invent monitors without frames.

    • brad

      September 12, 2009 at 12:27 PM

      or you could just do it the easy way…
      buy a 60″ plasma or lcd screen

      • Data-Cain

        September 14, 2009 at 11:15 AM

        Projectors!
        1 projector would probably be big enough for most people anyway, but it could be done. :P

        Also, there are actually some ‘tri-monitor’ setups available already which have been designed to reduce the split as much as possible.

  • Paul Hudson

    September 11, 2009 at 11:22 PM

    I’d buy that

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