5870 EYEFINITY Six Edition

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 05 Nov 2009, 19:59

Th first preview of the SIX:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/ati-radeon-hd-5870-eyefinity-edition-previewed/7993.html?doc=7993

...and yes it has 2GB :)

Darthdingo · Post by **Darthdingo** » 05 Nov 2009, 22:19

This card interests me more than the upcoming dual GPU 5970.

First off it is a single 5870 with 2gb memory, that is very good and great for Eyefinity setups. And I always thought a 5 x 1 with all displays in Portrait mode will look fucking awesome giving a 6000 x 1920res for 5 - 24" monitors

Whats the release date for this beast ? Same as the 5970 around Thanksgiving ? Approx price ?

I play WoW the most, and on my current Eyefinity setup at 5760x1200res Landscape mode it looks good, but Portrait mode is even better looking, but not quite with just 3 monitors, for Portrait mode to really look the awesome it needs a 5x1 setup. So if I can get 2 more 24" monitors I would have 5 total giving me a resolution of 6000x1920 HOLY SH!T

Post by **Downtown1** » 06 Nov 2009, 03:19

But does it do EF with CF?

Post by **Mach1.9pants** » 06 Nov 2009, 05:58

But does it do EF with CF?

Not yet

Post by **BHawthorne** » 06 Nov 2009, 06:09

Four such cards in CrossfireX, and you have a 24-panel giant display.

...only on the 2D desktop.

Nothing new in that article plus the typical inaccuracies...

Anprionsa · Post by **Anprionsa** » 06 Nov 2009, 06:20

Time will tell...

This is the card I plan to get, no doubt...

Post by **BHawthorne** » 06 Nov 2009, 06:43

Time will tell...

This is the card I plan to get, no doubt...

If it really was the case, there'd be no real need for a 6 port card, just jam as many cards as you have PCIe ports into the mobo. All evidence has shown that this is not the case and likely will never be. People have been making seriously bad assumptions ever since AMD played that Linux bait and switch X-Plane demo where FOUR instances of X-Plane were running (not one). You show me EyeFinity currently working with more than 6 displays in SLS mode and I'll show you a hoax. :wink:

Anprionsa · Post by **Anprionsa** » 06 Nov 2009, 06:57

[quote]Time will tell...

This is the card I plan to get, no doubt...

If it really was the case, there'd be no real need for a 6 port card, just jam as many cards as you have PCIe ports into the mobo. All evidence has shown that this is not the case and likely will never be. People have been making seriously bad assumptions ever since AMD played that Linux bait and switch X-Plane demo where FOUR instances of X-Plane were running (not one). You show me EyeFinity currently working with more than 6 displays in SLS mode and I'll show you a hoax. :wink:

The technology is here, it will probably continue to spread, and because of that, this technology will be able to expand and CF will soon be ready!

IF the 2GB rumor is true (without being a x2) than I will get 2 of these and CF with Eyefinity. I don't need DVI or VGA, I have a DP monitor and will make the most of this, but I will not buy just to buy, will research and what not. ;)

WaveZtream · Post by **WaveZtream** » 06 Nov 2009, 18:44

Hmm wont their be a 4gb version as well?

Post by **BHawthorne** » 07 Nov 2009, 00:14

[quote][quote]Time will tell...

This is the card I plan to get, no doubt...

If it really was the case, there'd be no real need for a 6 port card, just jam as many cards as you have PCIe ports into the mobo. All evidence has shown that this is not the case and likely will never be. People have been making seriously bad assumptions ever since AMD played that Linux bait and switch X-Plane demo where FOUR instances of X-Plane were running (not one). You show me EyeFinity currently working with more than 6 displays in SLS mode and I'll show you a hoax. :wink:

The technology is here, it will probably continue to spread, and because of that, this technology will be able to expand and CF will soon be ready!

IF the 2GB rumor is true (without being a x2) than I will get 2 of these and CF with Eyefinity. I don't need DVI or VGA, I have a DP monitor and will make the most of this, but I will not buy just to buy, will research and what not. ;)

IMHO, wishful thinking on your part. The mechanics of it are designed not to bridge GPUs or cards. There will be bandwidth and latency issues within the mobo bus if they go that route. Sure SoftTH does it, but at a cost. EyeFinity was never initially designed to bridge GPUs or Cards. Just ask they guys here that helped design it. :wink:

Don't confuse Crossfire compatability with multicard/multi-GPU Eyefinity compatability. That's apples and oranges comparision. Crossfire is the exact opposite feature of Eyefinity hence would need to be totally recoded at a driver level to allow for multi-GPU port out. Sure, AMD is working towards multi-GPU and 1 card port outs, but multi-GPU and multi-card outs is a whole different matter.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 07 Nov 2009, 00:50

You could get 18 if you used EYEFinity and 6 TH2G.

I will eventually own this card with 6 30" displays. I have to... damm its gonna be awesome.

TBH I may have to settle for 6 24" displays. 30" cost way to much compared to what 24" cost.

I would wonder what would be the best cards to CF with these. Time will tell.

I also wonder if there will be a second generation of EYEFinity cards with 6 ports.

Post by **BHawthorne** » 07 Nov 2009, 02:46

I also wonder if there will be a second generation of EYEFinity cards with 6 ports.

EyeFinity is just another feature like Crossfire is now. It'll mature with time and goodies will be added to it as needed to be competative. I'll be more excited about EyeFinity in 3 years than i am now because then it'll be mature and the hardware driving it will be a beast compared to now. Sure, the 5000-series hardware is nice, but like anything computer related, is destined to be obsolete and replaced with something significantly better on about a 1 year cycle.

Post by **Downtown1** » 07 Nov 2009, 11:01

[quote]But does it do EF with CF?

Not yet

Well I just don't see how people will be powering 6 monitors with just 1 card unless they're playing old games.. and those might not even got that high resolution-wise.

rookjcarter · Post by **rookjcarter** » 08 Nov 2009, 10:47

Sure wil be nice if they could just get crossifre to support eyefinity.. with the ports form both cards.. i think there working on it.. we may find out more after the 16th

Post by **BHawthorne** » 08 Nov 2009, 23:25

with the ports form both cards.. i think there working on it..

Again...wishful thinking...there would be no need for an EyeFinity6 if you could just use 2 5870s. It's an archetectual and driver limitation right now. Show me an AMD press release stating EyeFinity will be able to bridge cards and GPU port outs and I'll back down on this statement otherwise people need to quit making up disinformation. :wink:

Anprionsa · Post by **Anprionsa** » 09 Nov 2009, 04:17

I think most people are assuming that this will be, and not that it is. I know that it isn't possible now, but I am hopeful that it will be.

WaveZtream · Post by **WaveZtream** » 09 Nov 2009, 09:53

I just can't see this card handling top game's without reducing a lot of settings. I mean 1gb with 285 GTX can handle 3 monitors in the 5040x1050 pretty well in my opinion but 6x monitors with 2gb?. Well then you might think 1gb/3 monitors but that's not the case.

Wouldn't it be better to get a 5870X2 with 4gb?

Cygone · Post by **Cygone** » 09 Nov 2009, 18:20

The 5870x2 4GB, assuming that is 2GB per core, and not 4gb per core, then the frame buffers and only generated on the VideoRAM allocated to the first GPU, the ram for the second GPU is not used for anything.

So in that regard it would still be 2GB/6 Monitors, or 1GB/3Monitors as per then GTX285.

In this setup the only way you would be using the 2GB VideoRAM on the second GPU is if you were running Soft Triple head.

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whismerhill · Post by **whismerhill** » 10 Nov 2009, 01:15

with the ports form both cards

In fact Dave Baumann specifically said that this would require hardware found on workstations (so that means totally beyond public prices)
Now don't get me wrong, they should get CF running with EF, actually they are working on it but it will be with all outputs connected to a single card and the second one will just assist the first one with the workload (CF)

again you won't be able to connect one screen to one card & another screen to another get and get EF running !

the reason behind it is that you would need to sync frames between outputs on different cards (which again needs workstation hardware)

whismerhill · Post by **whismerhill** » 10 Nov 2009, 01:19

the ram for the second GPU is not used for anything.

not exactly true, the RAM for the second GPU holds replicated data from the RAM of the first GPU (assuming CF is enabled)

it's true though that there's only 2GB of available memory/framebuffer on a 4GB X2 card which is probably what you meant I guess

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