Pic of my Eyefinity set up
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They all need to be on one card and one needs to be on displayport.
I've just got my third 2408 over the weekend, got a borked one from ebay for £120 that dell have said they'll replace for me!
The replacement was supposed to come on friday until they told me the system hadn't registered that 2408s were out of stock.
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^^^ kinda cool, but shame she's been cut in to three peaces 
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its like a magicians trick 
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Well its the pepheriral vision, you don't directly look at the side monitors.
I personally hate playing with only one now, i feel so boxed in.
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Looks awesome! Annoyingly has affected my thoughts on what I should upgrade next though .
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Ace Modder you should change your name mate 
Peripheral vision .. you notice when you look at something infront of you, you still can see roughly 180degrees. So with FPS games you get better spacial awareness and greater feeling of immersion. It works even better for driving games where the 2 side screens display fast moving side scenery which gives you better feeling of speed. And finally, with dual screens you have 2 bezels right at 12 o'clock making it useless for most games. Youtube "Eyefinity".
Peripheral vision .. you notice when you look at something infront of you, you still can see roughly 180degrees. So with FPS games you get better spacial awareness and greater feeling of immersion. It works even better for driving games where the 2 side screens display fast moving side scenery which gives you better feeling of speed. And finally, with dual screens you have 2 bezels right at 12 o'clock making it useless for most games. Youtube "Eyefinity".
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I've already got 2 monitors, and I've tried playing BC2 across it, it doesn't work. If only there was a way to try it out, and see if it is worth another £160 for it.
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Saw eyefinity setup in the flesh a few days ago and have to say it looks pretty amazing in person.
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Have got the bug myself now. Just ordered another 2 monitors for 5760x1200 Hope the single 5870 is up to it. My display port > vga adapter arrived today and seems to be working perfectly. Roll on Thursday for the monitors!!
Hope the single 5870 is up to it. My display port > vga adapter arrived today and seems to be working perfectly. Roll on Thursday for the monitors!!
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This should give me an excuse to get a lend of nice hardware, maby a good topic of dissertation if I can think of a way to discuss the benefits/pitfalls.
I would expect nVidia to do their best to achieve a similar result, their new cards have displayport but I would doubt the initial drivers will be mature enough. Expect nVidia's brilliant driver team to keep working on it, as all the hardware requirements are in place. Technically it doesn't sound too challenging, simply applying surfaces of such a resolution and outputting it as one signal, but there will be hidden drawbacks all over no doubt.
I would expect nVidia to do their best to achieve a similar result, their new cards have displayport but I would doubt the initial drivers will be mature enough. Expect nVidia's brilliant driver team to keep working on it, as all the hardware requirements are in place. Technically it doesn't sound too challenging, simply applying surfaces of such a resolution and outputting it as one signal, but there will be hidden drawbacks all over no doubt.
That - sooooooo jealous that I don't have the disposable income to do this anymore