*Offical* ATI EyeFinity Info thread

[opty165]

With the arrival of the 5800 series comes the introduction of EyeFinity. Although most user's wont be using this feature, i believe that quite a few of us on OCN(including my self) will be at some point in the near future. I would like to use this thread to consolidate the EyeFinty information out on the net and provide it to all of OCN and Non OCN users that are considering Eyefinity! Please PM me or post new info about EyeFinity in this thread and ill update the OP with it.

READ THIS FIRST: you NEED atleast 1 displayport monitor to use eyefinity with 3+ monitors at the moment. this could change later on. More info here

Official ATI EyeFinity Club

EyeFinity Reviews
Guru3d review
Hardocp 30min Video review
My ATI Eyefinity review

EyeFinity Info
Wide Screen Gaming Forum EyeFinity info
ATI's Eyefinity page
ATI EyeFinity Technical brief PDF
ATI Eyefinity’s Panoramic Future
OCN Eyefinity video database thread
Triple Giant Projectors with Eyefinity
AMD Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity Performance Testing

Hardocp EyeFinity Challenge PICS and Event log
I Have an [H] Dream
[Hardocp] Eyefinity and 3 Dual Link DVI Displays Working
Hardocp Eyefinity update

EyeFinity Game fixes
Widescreen Fixer

Displayport Ready Monitors
List of Displayport ready monitors
Dell Monitor Outlet Recommended for cheaper prices!!!

Displayport Adapters
Dell Active DP to DVI adapter Comfirmed to work with Eyefinity

Drivers
ATI 9.10 Official Drivers
ATI 9.11 beta drivers

[tagurtoast]

Wait with this can you play any game at all across the 3 monitors or more?

[opty165]

Originally Posted by tagurtoast

Wait with this can you play any game at all across the 3 monitors or more?

yes, it takes multiple monitors and groups them together as one. you need atleast 1 monitor with a displayport though. that seems to be the only limitation

[tagurtoast]

Why would that be?
and would you mind linking me to an article on this or something.

[opty165]

Originally Posted by tagurtoast

Why would that be?
and would you mind linking me to an article on this or something.

im working on updating the OP with links for different information. however the reason you need a displayport monitor is because you cannot use a $10 DP(displayport) to DVI adapter to make the third monitor work. It seems to be a technical issue. And even though there are 4 video connectors on the 5870/5850, you cannot use the 2 DVI and the 1 HDMI at the same time since the HDMI is shared with one of the DVI ports

[Mootsfox]

Originally Posted by tagurtoast

Why would that be?
and would you mind linking me to an article on this or something.

Probably because the HDMI port and one of the DVIs share a connection. Displayport runs off another source.

(talking about the HD5870 reference here)

[opty165]

there's a link in the OP for that issue now. its another OCN thread

http://www.overclock.net/ati/581169-...t-support.html

[tagurtoast]

Ah that throws that idea away unless somewhere i can find a decent dp to dvi active convertor but like *** ATI HURRY UP AND FIX THIS.

[opty165]

Originally Posted by tagurtoast

Ah that throws that idea away unless somewhere i can find a decent dp to dvi active convertor but like *** ATI HURRY UP AND FIX THIS.

yea it is a pain in the ass right now, but looking at it the other way it is kind of good. At least there pushing DP out on the market to be used on more monitors. I see it as a good thing, and i think people just need to have some patients(something i don't have lol)

[tagurtoast]

Its funny though cause if ati could just put there dp to dvi thingo in the card it would cost them like 0.0000001c and we dont have to pay 100 bucks.

anyways i am ordering 3 of these 2443bw+ im getting these cause they have a really small edge between them and they are flippable so i will have 3 portrait ones next to each other and my lil 15incher for my tv running of my 4850.

now to buy my 5870.......