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Hey guys,
I'm currently in the process of packing up my 2 extra eyefinity monitors. Sad to say I did not enjoy the exprience.
Don't get me wrong 3 Monitors and 1 big resolution looked sexy and jaw dropping. But in the end there were too many problems I was dealing with, I bought a new table, display ports and an extra 5870 for the ultimate experience. It wasn't as easy as I expected, the first and worst experience being no Vsync support... seriously? 3 Monitors surrounding you with screen tearing is not fun.
Secondly the frames were significantly reduced which is understandable but not such a great experience when you've spent $800 on a 5970 card.
Third and last, the fact you cannot use a mixed height of resolutions is a complete bummer to mainstream users like me, no matter what it will cost me a fortune to buy 2 extra monitors with 1080 height when I'm gonna be looking at the middle monitor 60% of the time.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, ATI's Eyefinity is still immature and is definitely not something enjoyable when all three problems are present. All 3 problems I've listed above all come down to the price of the feature, it is way too expensive to setup and is definitely currently only for someone with very deep pockets. Thus I cannot wait to return both of these monitors and spend the money on something more meaningful
I'm currently in the process of packing up my 2 extra eyefinity monitors. Sad to say I did not enjoy the exprience.
Don't get me wrong 3 Monitors and 1 big resolution looked sexy and jaw dropping. But in the end there were too many problems I was dealing with, I bought a new table, display ports and an extra 5870 for the ultimate experience. It wasn't as easy as I expected, the first and worst experience being no Vsync support... seriously? 3 Monitors surrounding you with screen tearing is not fun.
Secondly the frames were significantly reduced which is understandable but not such a great experience when you've spent $800 on a 5970 card.
Third and last, the fact you cannot use a mixed height of resolutions is a complete bummer to mainstream users like me, no matter what it will cost me a fortune to buy 2 extra monitors with 1080 height when I'm gonna be looking at the middle monitor 60% of the time.
So I guess what I'm trying to say is, ATI's Eyefinity is still immature and is definitely not something enjoyable when all three problems are present. All 3 problems I've listed above all come down to the price of the feature, it is way too expensive to setup and is definitely currently only for someone with very deep pockets. Thus I cannot wait to return both of these monitors and spend the money on something more meaningful