WSGF members - We have some great prizes provided by HIS and AMD to give away! See how you can get the chance to win an ATI Radeon HD 5770 IceQ5 Turbo from HIS. Additionally, we have copies of Dirt 2 and STALKER to give away each week for the duration of the contest.
ATI recently announced immediate availability of Single-Link DVI > DisplayPort Adapters for Eyefinity. The adapters are immediately available from suppliers such as Accell and Sapphire. The support a maximum resolution of 1920x1200, and do not require any external power. I was able to get hands on with them. They are simply plug and play, need to drivers and simply work.
ATI released Catalyst 10.8. For Eyefinity users, the release is largely an incorporation of the Tri-Fire and Quad-Fire updates, and the AA fix for StarCraft II found in the 10.7a hotfix. There were additional performance updates and CrossFireX profile updates for a number of titles, including LOTRO and Left4Dead2.
Still no 5x1-Portrait support. We've seen it recently in the wild, and hopefully the 3x1-P CFX and QuadFire improvements are steps on the road to 5x1-P support.
At QuakeCom 2010, id Software released the source code for Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Quake III. The_cranky_hermit has responded by beginning work on WSGF Optimized versions of both Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Quake III. Both projects feature Native Hor+ gameplay support, as well as properly scaled menus, HUD and centered 2D graphics (for multi-monitor users).
A long time coming, but I've finally posted FAQs for both ATI Eyefinity and NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround.
Delphium has been hard at work on his FOV & Aspect Ratio Calculator and updating the Centered HUD Files for Source Engine games such as L4D1, L4D2 and TF2 with the recent addition of Alien Swarm.
Delphium has been doing some work on solving his DP flickering issues. He found that powering the Active DP Adapter with his HTC cellphone charger SOLVED THE FLICKERING.
New forum user WaitingForNahalem posted a link to a utility he wrote that enables proper widescreen support (with a correct HUD) in both Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War. The game offers a proper FOV and HUD based on your aspect ratio. Looking forward to comparison screenshots and a Detailed Report.
The 10.7 release brought a several enhancements, with one major enhancement for Eyefinity users. Additionally, it brought new Linux support. AMD also released a 10.7a Hotfix.
CrossFireX for Portrait Configurations - Improves the CrossFireX implementation in Eyefinity by adding support for 3x1-Portrait configuraitons.
Eyefinity / HydraVision Enhancements - Maximizing a window across multiple displays now takes Bezel Compensation into account. Dialog boxes can now be forced to the "preferred" display, and they will not display behind bezels
Shane Parfitt and Terry Makedon from ATI (two people actually in my email Roledex ^_^) talk about Open Source 3D from ATI. Leveraging HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2, ATI expects to have Open Source 3D support out by Christmas.
