Nvidia Surround vs. Eyefinity

[BaDBoY_uK]

Hi folks

I have to admit that I am starting to get bored of all the ATI problems associated with Eyefinity. My main game is BC2 and it CTDs - not sure whether this is silly DICE or ATI drivers but it seems MOH has flickering screens also

So, can someone tell me what I need to go nvidia surround? I am thinking of selling the 6990 and 6970 and going two 580s

For Eyefinity:
3 screens
ATI eyefinity enables graphics cards
Active Display port-DVI adaptor
Appropriate drivers

What is the nvidia equivalent? Do you need some sort of 'special' adaptor? Can you list the required items for me please?

Thanks in advance

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Really? No special dongle thingy-magig
Awesome

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

Thanks for the replies guys

If I went NV, I would get two 580s anyway and it seems the 3GB ones. The max of 2 screens per GPU is funny but hey. But man, are they expensive. £400?????

BC2 is buggy as hell. MSI AB/Punkbuster issue, poor use of GPUs. I have recently turned to MOH (didn't have a PC when it first came out) and love it. But same flickering issue.

Question: I don't have to go 3D to go Surround, do I? My eyes are dodgy and 3D doesn't work great for me. I also crash my car a lot... lol!

I haven't used ATI eyefinity, but the main gripe I have with Nvidia surround is the inability to have the preset "surround" and "desktop" preferences you can switch to with one click, as I understand you can with ATI.

Have you tried the "Windows+P" method? Press the Windows key and the letter P and you see this

Choose "Duplicate" for Surround and "Extend" for non-Surround

Let me know if it works for you

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

With Nvidia afaik when you change from surround to normal extended desktop, it has to reload the whole driver (and vice versa) and thus takes a while - and you lose all your desktop config etc...it's a real pita

Ah fair enough. Sorry, just trying to help

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

I get constant CTDs even with 11.6s and these AMDs.... grrrrr...