New ATI 38xx Series support multiple monitor gaming

Dem Pyros · Post by **Dem Pyros** » 07 Dec 2007, 01:39

[quote][quote]When I get my hd3870 I'll post my results. :D

....you would need two to accurately prove what you're trying to describe.

No I don't! It'll work with as many DVI ports as I have availible. Do I need another 3870 to try 3 screens? Yes, but I can still test it w/2 monitors(like a dualhead2go).
....that's possible with games using current graphics cards.

It's called "spanning" and I can do it with my 8800gts right now.

xetura · Post by **xetura** » 07 Dec 2007, 06:19

I know game spanning has always been on Nvidia, but not on ATI, until now.
So yeah, I was wrong about the xfire thing. But for ATI fans, multi-monitor gaming is a new thing.

Johbremat · Post by **Johbremat** » 07 Dec 2007, 06:40

Though spanning may be new (really?) to ATI users, I don't think that was quite the aim of your argument in the main, was it?

From the get-go, were you talking about spanning, or an implementation of surround gaming exclusive of a DH or TH?

Dem Pyros · Post by **Dem Pyros** » 07 Dec 2007, 23:39

I know game spanning has always been on Nvidia, but not on ATI, until now.
So yeah, I was wrong about the xfire thing. But for ATI fans, multi-monitor gaming is a new thing.

.....I can use spanning on my LAPTOP ATI card from over 2 years ago.

Hell, most likely I could run triplehead off of this POS laptop.

Sure I would get only 5-6fps on basic games on a tri-screen setup, but I can do it.

And yes, this is an ATI card.

And there is nothing "new" about it.

Post by **Downtown1** » 12 Dec 2007, 02:35

I would play a crapload of money if they released video cards that could be connected together to upload to multiple monitors and have it look like "one resolution" to a video game. It can't be that hard anyway, just do some buffer copying pretty fast.. SoftTH does it, but it needs to be supported per-game which is kind of lame.

I want to be able to do 3x1920x1200 already!

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 12 Dec 2007, 07:07

spanning is not new at all. I've done it on several odd setups.

ATI sure...but with crossfire, it was like sli...only one monitor...at least they got that part. I heard SLI 2 will have multi-monitor support...but my knowledge isn't firsthand since...I honestly do not need multi-gpu.

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