Eyefinity or TV?

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Hey guys i'm thing about getting either a 40inch TV to use as a monitor or buying 3 screens for Eyefinity.

With my GFX Card (XFX ATI Radeon HD 6850 Black Edition)

Which would be best for a gaming environment?
 
I would be wary about using a TV unless you can find a review for your exact model that has measured low input lag for it.
I just wasted £300 on a TV that's no good for gaming. just bought 3 monitors on the cheap to rig up a budget eyefinity setup. can't say how good that is yet cos i don't have it set up.
 
What should i look for in monitors also what size? I currently have a LG FLATRON L227WT 22inch. I love it, its clear and crisp, but i have no idea on how to judge quality of screens before purchasing any help would be grate.

Looking for 3x 22-24 Inch monitors around £130 each.
 
A HD 6850 isn't a particularly powerful card to run Eyefinity resolutions in games.

Also at least one of your 3 monitors has to have a DisplayPort connection or you have to use an active DisplayPort adapter to whatever connection the monitor does have.
 
Zuma said:
I would be wary about using a TV unless you can find a review for your exact model that has measured low input lag for it.
I just wasted £300 on a TV that's no good for gaming. just bought 3 monitors on the cheap to rig up a budget eyefinity setup. can't say how good that is yet cos i don't have it set up.
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People talk about input lag, but nobody ever seems to complain about input lag when hooking a console to a TV.

Is this mostly from twitch-based competitive PC FPS players or do you find console gamers complaining about it too?
 
Im looking at a similar idea. I have a 2GB 6970, and a 24 inch monitor at the moment. I might try and get a couple of 22 inch monitors to complete a triple monitor setup with eyefinity. Would look awesome as long as my card can handle it, pretty sure it will be fine.
 
Roverno said:
Im looking at a similar idea. I have a 2GB 6970, and a 24 inch monitor at the moment. I might try and get a couple of 22 inch monitors to complete a triple monitor setup with eyefinity. Would look awesome as long as my card can handle it, pretty sure it will be fine.
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FYI all your monitors have to run at the same resolution for Eyefinity and monitors with different physical dimensions might look a little odd.

Also at least one of your 3 monitors has to have a DisplayPort connection or you have to use an active DisplayPort adapter to whatever connection the monitor does have.
 
I've just moved from Nvidia Surround to 32" TV and I must say it's been the best thing I've done it's perfect the screen looks exactly the same as the monitor no tearing when playing games perfect 1-1 Pixel Mapping and only cost me £399 from Currys I would highly recomend it.
 
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Your monitor matters for gaming? Damn. I just assumed when I build my computer I could just connect it to my 22" LCD TV and everything would run smoothly. Was I wrong?

Its some Tescos Technika 22" 1680x1050 LCD screen which supports HDMI and all. Hopefully it works. :')
 
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FoxEye said:
People talk about input lag, but nobody ever seems to complain about input lag when hooking a console to a TV.

Is this mostly from twitch-based competitive PC FPS players or do you find console gamers complaining about it too?
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I started moaning when I played Guitar hero on X-Box 360 and Wii on a TV :o

So much input lag that I couldn't finish a single difficult song that I always manage to finish with 85-95% note hits on a PC

edit: The calibration didn't help much either for some reason
 
Ive decided going eyefinity, i tried my 32 inch tv and found that i got eye strain after playing some games.

looking at
3x Asus VE228H 22" Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor £119.99

Can anyone recommend monitors for eyefinity?

PM me if needed.

I currently only have a 6850 but going to invest in a new set up with a HD 7000 card when they are released.
 
i've been looking at trying to upgrade my poor mans eyefinity for a while i have a 20.1" dell widescreen (1680x1050) in the centre and two cheap 19" 4:3 (1280x1024) on each side, it looks crap! really want to get 3 22" monitors with super thin bezels. borrowed 3 from work when we upgraded a classroom and they were really nice 22" iiyama led monitors, really thin bezels for overlapping and the monitor itself had a really shallow depth so you didnt get squew when turning on FPS. I think they are iiyama 22" prolite E2273HDS http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-075-IY
 
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