Widescreen Gaming Forum

I think eyefinity revolutionized PC gaming by putting surround gaming on the map. Now game designers seem more likely to work to incorporate eyefinity/surround compatibility in games instead of leaving it up to the consumers to hope surround works and if it doesn't try to make it work through mods.

While I have not experienced eyefinity first hand all of my multimonitor experiences have been great but what was always lacking was combining the two screens into one large (virtual) screen. Eyefinity definitely made this affordable

I bought my 5970 Dec. 2010. I already had 3 1680x1050 monitors so I was setup for eyefinity right away. I am 47 yrs old and playing triple wide for the first time made me feel like a 8 yr. old at x-mas.
Dissapointed that all this cool new tech is coming at so late a stage in my pc gaming life! I would like to be 20 years old now. One of my monitors was a dell that had native dp on it so I did not have to go thru the active dp adapter stuff.

Sold the 5970 3 weeks ago to get top dollar for in preparation to see if I go 6870xfire, 6970xfire or 6990.

Also to let you know I have been using 2 x260gtx's in multimonitor for the last 3 weeks. (My friend that I sold the 5970 is letting me use these until I decide on the new cards or card.) One thing I can tell you is that the eyefinity is much easier for me to use than the nvidia solution.

I now look forward to the new 6 series cards with there better xfire scaling and bezel mgt as I now have 3 matching dell native dp monitors.

I like the idea of multiple displays, and have played using eyeinfinity before, but I really hate how the monitors are separated by the frame. Its like driving with a bad blind spot. I think I would rather have a larger monitor, and have black bars on the top and bottom to get the wide screen view, but get rid of the anoying seperation in the screens.

I wish I could say that I had a trouble free good experience with eyefinity. Unfortunately with me buying my cards right after release there were still many bugs that took away from the experience. I do believe though.... That they brought the muti-monitor gaming to the main stream. and set the stage for something great. I still have my cards in another rig. and they are great cards. but right now have chose the other guys for my muti monitor needs. With that said .. I think if it were not for AMD/ ATI . Those other Guy's may of never felt challenged to come out with there own version.

Eyefinity absolutely rocks, Vanguard Saga of Heroes is a new game with three monitors.

my thoughts of the eyefinity(multi display gaming) is just like im really inside the display when i playing the fps shooting game like black ops.althought i didnt have a 3x1 monitor or what,but last time i did try to play it at my friend's house and he is using the HIS Radeon HD 6870 Turbo and i just feel that it is really awesome

Q: What's your thoughts/ experience of Eyefinity (Multi-Display Gaming)?

Switching to Surround was the biggest game-changing move I have made in the world of PC gaming since I got my first 3dfx Voodoo card. I have no direct experience of EyeFinity as a gaming solution but do have experience of nVidia Surround; both technologies are pretty much six of one, half a dozen of another when it comes down to it. If I was going to say EyeFinity had one advantage, it would be the ability to use it with a single card.

It's pretty hard work to play games in single screen now; chances are if a game won't do triplewide correctly, I won't bother playing it for long...

I frequently use the current video card to see the screen and desktop controls on one side and rendering in the other. Or working in parallel on two projects and I find it far easier access to the two outputs. It's a nice feeling but it takes time to adapt to this type of display.

Sweet prize, that would make for a nice Christmas hehe.

My dad got me into Eyefinity about a year ago and I can't do without it now it seems. right now I am running two 5850's on 3x 24" Acer monitors in 6048x1080 rez. The extended peripheral vision effect felt pretty natural to me early on so I didn't have to hard a time getting used to it. Playing something on one screen now feels cramped when a game doesn't work with Eyefinity, I rarely play them if they don't.

my thoughts hum i don't personally own a multi-display but i have a friend who does( i can't afford a decent graphic card and the monitors to do so

but i have seen my buddy play and man it is such a awesome experience and to know knowledge eyefinity made it quite easy and beautiful

Oddly enough one of my favourite aspects of Eyefinity is things like pushing games to utilize dynamic aspect ratios with user controllable Field of View options.

Having been a gamer all my life, Eyefinity has changed the way we play games forever.

Starting back when I was a kid we had a Commodore 64 and played games like BeachHead, Zork, and Summer and Winter Olympics, along with Spy vs. Spy. My brother and I thought this was the best thing in the world.

Having several PC's and gaming consoles since then, technology today is mind blowing. What can be done with home computers is in one word... incredible. Games in the last 5 years have probably been the number one wanted or gifted item for birthday's, Christmas, etc. In almost every household you will find gamers. Every kid, adult, father or mother have played some type of game on the computer or gaming console.

When people started to hear about ATI and Eyefinity you could not help but smile if you have ever played a game on the PC. I knew when this came out I was going to build my first ever PC with Eyefinity. When playing with Eyefinity you get so caught up in the game its like nothing you have ever felt before playing on a single screen. You seemed surrounded with action and scenery that is just jaw dropping.

This brings joy to whoever can experience gaming with multiple screens and a smile that brings you back to when you were a kid. Most of the people who try out my setup are just in awe with a smile ear to ear. The common phrase I get is just plain "Wow". To me this is the best thing since sliced bread and look forward to what the future holds with Eyefinity and games.

Eyefinity is a great technology. if i have a lot of money i want to make a Eyefinity system.

Thoughts on Eyefinity?

Well, I haven't had the chance to experience it in person yet, I'm working on it. Depending on my budget/sales of monitors.

From the videos and input I've seen, overall it looks great, but still has some issues as DisplayPort is not a standard for many monitor inputs yet, and it can require some work arounds to get it working right for some games.

I imagine it's quite immersive, and advantageous to have the side screens as peripheral vision and extending your field of view.

Simplicity! No longer have to buy third party devices just to get started.

Great new technology from His....
with this graphic card I can't spend my joyful holiday with my friends at rent house, playing wonderful games with no delayed .... :cheers

Man, WSG (Wide-screen Gaming) rewrote the whole gaming rulebook...
My friend has an HIS wide screen setup and it rocks!
Especially when u apply the iz3D Driver probably...

Eyefinity: A gift for the gamer who has everything

Designed for PC gamers with a bit of room to spare in their dens, Eyefinity allows users to connect up to six displays to a single card—like the ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 edition to create a viewing environment akin to those you might imagine enjoyed by Wall Street stock brokers and NASA flight controllers.

The key to the Eyefinity experience—and what makes it so different from playing these games on a similarly sized flat-screen TV—is resolution. With six monitors in place I was viewing these games at 5760-by-3600 instead of 1920-by-1200. It’s not like moving closer to a screen; it’s expanding the range of vision. You don’t see the same thing you would see on a single screen only bigger; you see what’s going on to the left, right, and above what you would normally see on a single screen. Simply put, you see more. Five times more, to be exact. It’s a significant enhancement.

Hello.
I do not have the third and even second monitor, but I want to fix it. I love to play Descent, but in this game should turn his head at all 360x360x360 degrees :-) Multi-display in this very helpful. And then I can feel yourself in this space.

Eyefinity is the way of the future. Ever since the first matrox dual head cards came out, the desire to have multiple monitors to spread out our desktops has only increased. My first multi monitor setup was using ATI Radeon 7000 AGP with composite video out and Trident 2.25 MB PCI graphic cards. I had 17 and 15 inch monitors on VGA and a 20 inch tv over composite. I thought i had it all (winamp playlist on TV, MSN messenger on 15inch and web browser on the 17). It was impossible to utilize the multiple displays for gaming due to displays not matching, cards not matching, driver issues, etc.

Then dual head cards came out, reducing complexity, heat, and increasing image quality, but still driver support was lacking.

Fast forward to 2010, now EyeFinity is here and in full swing, with a simple dual GPU setup working in tandem, we can easily create video walls! 3 screens is the idea amount though, one in the center focus, and 2 in the peripherals. Im excited to try out a new EyeFinity product and I can't wait to play Tom Clancy's HAWX with 3 screens, as I currently play at 1680x1050 on a 22'' samsung lcd. I would gladly buy two more.