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Eyefinity worth it?

infernox

infernox

infernox

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I have money from a pay rise sitting burning a hole.

Always thought about it being cool but is it worth it?

I have a 560ti 448 1280MB is that enough to run my games at that res anyway?

Thinking about 2 more 21.5s to go on the wall next to my viewsonic one currently on there.


Thanks

Michael
 
You will not be able to game across 3 screens with that card, not in 1080 anyways. For regular stuff, most GPU's can do it if you have the support, eg eyefinity.

If you want rid of the cash get a Gigabyte 7850 and dual screens rather than 3...well that's what I would do.
 
No I Dont think it is

I used to run 3* dell2408 and now I'm using a 30" monitor. I think a bigger higher res monitor is better
 
Definitely would need a new GPU or GPUs to make 3 screen gaming feasible - I wouldn't even bother with 2 screen gaming (if your to play one game over 2 monitors) as it just doesn't look right with the bezel in the middle and its not well supported either IIRC.

The VRAM will be a limitation at 2560x res in some newer games with settings right up (ultra/high) - you can use FXAA instead of MSAA in some titles to reduce that but you'll always be bouncing around close to the limit.
 
I've really only just bought this one, would love to through £300 on a 7970, but I just can't atm.

Would gaming at 120hz 3D be a reasonable thing to ask from my Card/Setup?

And my colours on this screen look terrible even next to my Dell 17" piece of junk lol.
 
infernox said:
I've really only just bought this one, would love to through £300 on a 7970, but I just can't atm.

Would gaming at 120hz 3D be a reasonable thing to ask from my Card/Setup?

And my colours on this screen look terrible even next to my Dell 17" piece of junk lol.
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How much did you pay for the 560 :|

There has been B-Grade 7850's on sale for weeks now, they are 2gb. You still won't be able to game over 3 screens but you will be able to play some games on a 2560x1600 monitor with the settings down a little.
 
£215 about 5 months or so ago.

I don't particularly want to upgrade it as it would give me a big money loss on it if I sold it.

x1600 Monitors are out of budget, The monitor I did link, would I be able to run that?
 
I setup three 1680x1050 screens in early 2011 (NVidia surround) and thought that the effect for driving games was totally brilliant. Playing Dirt 2 was breathtaking, with the hillside up one screen and the cliff drop-off down the other, it enhanced the experience unlike anything a single big 16:9 or 16:10 screen could.

but

most of the games I play aren't driving games and I hated the geometry distortion in 1st and 3rd person action games. With a driving game your focus is very much front and centre, with other action games you look more to the accompanying screens and I couldn't get used to the fisheye effect.

After a few weeks I stopped playing across three monitors and I haven't been tempted to set it up again since.
 
Regarding the original question: It depends how much of a graphics whore you are. Plenty of people used eyefinity on a single 5870, with some image quality compromises. If you need to play BF3 at max at 60fps, it's not going to happen, but if you are willing to dial down graphic settings a bit there are a lot of games that will run pretty well.

I agree with Slam that for driving games it is awesome.
I like it for action games too. You aren't supposed to be looking directly at the side screens, you keep your attention focussed on the centre screen and the side screens are for peripheral vision.
If you need to look at what's on a side screen, turn your character and bring it into focus.

Though games with HUD elements on the far corners of the triple screen are irritating.
 
I run 3 X 1080 screens from a single 6970. I could never go back to a single screen now. FarCry3 was totally awesome.
 
Ive been thinking about 3 * 27" (2560*1440) monitors for a while, but dayummm I then had to see the smaller screens in a 6 monitor setup :eek:
 
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I run 3 1080P 120Hz screens and could never go back to a single screen for gaming. Playing on one screen whilst waiting for my Titans is poo.
 
Rilot said:
That will be my next upgrade. Need a GPU upgrade first.
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not being funny - being a don, did you just do something strange with my ACTUAL post

For about a minute there, there was a 2nd line to my original post (similar to what yours is saying) as though I wrote it, when I didnt

(yes Im going to change my password etc right now lol)

Not suggesting you did anything on purpose /malicious, was just concerning
 
MeMeMeMe said:
Plenty of people used eyefinity on a single 5870,
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I still do:D And...

Rilot said:
I run 3 X 1080 screens from a single 6970. I could never go back to a single screen now. FarCry3 was totally awesome.
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I agree with this statement, even at medium graphic settings Farcry3 looks and plays really nice on my 3 monitors setup.

To OP, maybe you should consider going with SoftTH path, I used to play some games on 2 monitors with this software and had a real good fun especially in racing games, this software can trick games into thinking as if you have 3 monitors when you actually have 2 and make a better use of them(you can center your view on either of your monitors so that your bezel won't bother you sitting in the middle while gaming).Ofcourse not all games are fully supported and your card still have to render 3 screens so it's quite taxing but at least you can get a good feel of what multi monitor gaming is like.

BTW this is my first post here, so hi to all you massive posters lol:)
 
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