ATI Radeon Eyefinity unveiled: up to six monitors on a single card
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted September 10th 2009 7:03PM
posted September 10th 2009 7:03PM
At a press event today the gang at AMD unleashed their newest graphics technology on the world. To be incorporated in the next generation of ATI Radeons, Eyefinity can rock up to six displays (DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, etc.) with a single card, thanks to a new 40-nm graphics chip that contains 2 billion transistors, capable of 2.5 trillion calculations every second. Monitors can be configured to make up either one contiguous display or six separate ones, and the card can create 268 megapixel images. That means, according to Venture Beat, that it will deliver games with "12 times the high-definition resolution." And the gang at Hot Hardware, who reports that the new graphic cards will come with either three or six display outs, put a prototype through its paces. We're pleased to report that playing Left 4 Dead on three 30-inch displays "absolutely changes the experience for the better." No word yet on a release date, but apparently Acer, Dell, HP, MSI and Toshiba already have Eyefinity notebooks in the works. We'll take two! More shots after the break.
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Read - AMD introduces a graphics chip that can power six computer displays at once
Read - AMD Eyefinity Multi-Display Technology In Action
Bah, toy graphics.
I hear that Apple is ready next year to unleash machines with graphics that will display 256 colors in games.
Now Pac Man on the Mac will rule the game world.
6x projectors lined up perfectly + this = pure awsome
YES! I'm stoked! Finally one of these companys got the idea!
BTW, anyone saying that one really big monitor is just as immersive as multiple monitors has never had the experience. There was no way I could get the same FOV in my one 24" that I used to have in three 17's. I missed it so much I sold the 24 about a month ago and went with three 22s.
Not even close, NVIDIA and ATI switch spots every few years in graphics card sales numbers, and right now ATI is taking over the market.
here's a link with a demo of the ATI Eyefinity in motion. Check it out.
http://www.tvlesson.com/video/38506_ati-radeon-eyefinity-demo.html
laptops planned? really?
So that's how white people get all the asian girls; 6 monitors!
Are they saying that they can push current games at 76?? X whatever at 60fps?
Meaning that they can push 1920 x 1200 at ...240 fps or something like that?
Is that what they are saying these cards are capable of?
OK, I see a problem here. We can barely render Crysis at full HD and maxed out on current cards, yet some of you seem to be assuming this card (just one generation ahead of the current cards) can magically do it at 7000+ pixel resolution while being remotely playable? Get real, please. Most likely AMD has taken a page out of their experiences from the Xbox 360, where games are rendered sometimes at lower resolutions and upscaled. . It's like those old 'wall' TVs where the image stays a low resolution despite the monitors technically being able to display more. The bandwidth is their ability to pump out the upscaled image across the various monitors. Sounds more plausible to me, anyway.
> Is that what they are saying these cards are capable of?
If looked closer at the shots, you'd notice that they had many cards plugged into the computers.
Specs are not detailed, but I'm pretty sure that CrossFire x2 or even x4 is used when rendering on 6+ monitors.
I'm thinking gaming isn't the best use for 6 monitors. A side-by-side setup with different programs on each screen seems like a much better use than L4D with a bunch of spaces in the display.
nice to see some ATi support. just went Crossfire with a pair of ASUS 4870 1GB cards and couldn't be happier. can't even fathom what the 5000 series will bring. oh wait... this
Couple more monitors and you can play Jeopardy Home Edition.
Finally... I need a third display (laptop only supports internal + 1x external or 2x external).
I guess i'll have to wait for nvidia to do the same :/
In the mean time 'Soft TH' lets me play on 3 screens :3
Sorry to all of you who doesn't know just how amazing this is and say it's useless. Ok, for your average joe it's pointless, but for people who works on CAD/CAM / graphics / video, this is nothing but godly. the workspace increase by 6 times, hell I'll get 2 of these cards to have 12 x 22" Eizo monitors attached.
It's the workspace and definition that matters
can't even fathom what the 5000 series will bring..
A. 1600 shaders.
You can already do this with a couple of triplehead2go's attached to any GPU with dual DVI's .
I've always been an nVidia guy (never owned an ATI), but I say, IT WAS ABOUT TIME ATI!
Im fine whit my 3 samsung monitors 24" and my tripplehead2go whit 8800gtx, goes like 100fps in my wow raids :P
I would like to see A/V receiver to cope with that.LOL.I have problems with two displays.
"...apparently Acer, Dell, HP, MSI and Toshiba already have Eyefinity notebooks in the works."
PLEASE, let this be the case!!!
If this catches on, and I think it will, you will quickly see display makers cranking out thin or no bezel displays to match up with the monitors. I can think of dozens of applications for this from schools, to museums, lobby displays, etc. You can get no bezel displays now, but they are hella expensive.