12K Resolution Gaming Setup Renders 1.5 Billion Pixels, Costs $17,000

[radrok]

why are they using 7970's though... 4x GTX Titan or go home... nubs

Because Nvidia surround can't go over 3 monitors, this is a 6 monitors setup.

 

[JohnnyX_O]

I want to see Crysis 3 on one of the 4k monitors , that games kills my 7950 on 8x MSAA on 4x it just fine but 8x is to much . So my theory that AMD is going for 4K -8k -12k GPU design was right , nice ... and get this the 7970 is 2 years old ( are they using GHz ? that is a bit younger ) and the Titan is 1000$_$ and doesn't do that resolution ... FUNNY .

P.S: Is the 600 series even supporting 4k ? I know the 6000 did with a driver .

 

[cdawall]

Is that a 990fx board?

 

[Jstn7477]

Is that a 990fx board?

Looks like it, judging from the NB heatsink and the clips on the cooler.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

He uses two different machines, so there is one with 2 and one with 3 7970's. Thats why some people are only seeing 2 cards.

 

[JohnnyX_O]

You can spend 1200$ on 4k monitors but not 3000 on a GPU that is had to be 1500 $ ( All 3 of them ) .

 

[newtekie1]

You can spend 1200$ on 4k monitors but not 3000 on a GPU that is had to be 1500 $ ( All 3 of them ) .

He didn't spend anything on the monitors.

 

[Ikaruga]

OK,

I had time to watch the video as well. I'm not trolling but I honestly think that this is just a bad joke. It's really nice that AMD was giving a hand, and I also truly appreciate the enthusiasm that he is experimenting with multiply 4K monitor, but the execution looks terrible to me.

• Looks like he is using 30Hz with the 3 monitor setup, so the post is a little misleading perhaps and 30Hz is also more like console gaming territory imo.
• Dirt3, really?
• I think I see input lag between his thumb movement and the monitor.. I don't know much about the PN-K321 tbh (expect press release stuffs), but perhaps it's not the best choice for gaming if it has a "slow" scaler.
• dat build....
• "really smooth, real fluid graphics" @ 60Hz .... /trollface

 

[tastegw]

3 monitors is pointless for dirt 3 right?

 

[NC37]

If you're dumping 17k on something...why on earth wouldn't you just max out the GPUs also? Money is no object right? Be a man, bankrupt for it!!

 

[W1zzard]

So, who do I have to contact to get myself some "custom drivers"?

either this whole thing is a marketing stunt, or amd driver developers are wasting their time with this stuff instead of fixing issues the other 99.999999% of their customers are having

 

[Frick]

http://www.mwelab.com/index.php/en/products/emperor-200

That but more monitors.

 

[Akrian]

I just have one question to the owner of that rig: WHY 0_o.

His 3x7970 will crawl in many currently released games on max settings at those rez. + no water ? just air ? poor cards.


Reasoning: I currently have 4x7970 in my rig, with 3x standard 1920x1080 monitors. Metro LL crawls on max settings at 5760x1080 ( when you add max SSAA)
Crysis 3 crawls on max settings - not enough memory
Serious Sam 3 can crawl on max settings when you manually select maximum possible settings
Sniper Elite V2 will crawl on max with SSAA ( when you zoom-in you will see noticeable slow-down in rendering for a second)
And that's at 5760x1080. Now, with his monitors and resolutions his 3 7970s are a waste of money, or rather those 3 monitors are a waste of money, since there's simply isn't a card that can perform well at those rez in latest titles.


And once again : NO WATER 0_o.

 

[de.das.dude]

what a pos system. guy is just a wannabe douche.

how this has even made the news is beyond me. and 17K? spent on what

 

[remixedcat]

I would rather spend more on a decent psu, games, actual compute/gpu power, and storage.

 

[cdawall]

I would rather spend more on a decent psu, games, actual compute/gpu power, and storage.

That thermaltake he is using isn't exactly low end. It is likely just not sized correctly for the fx series cpu, 3x7970's and whatever else. Its definitely not the 1400-1500w model judging by size...but is either the older tr2 series built by cwt or their top series also built by cwt and neither is a slouch.

 

[newtekie1]

Looks like he is using 30Hz with the 3 monitor setup, so the post is a little misleading perhaps and 30Hz is also more like console gaming territory imo.

Unfortunately a single Displayport connector can only drive one of these monitors at 30Hz, but for many, including pretty much everyone that plays on consoles and myself, 30Hz is smooth enough as long as the framerate doesn't jump around.

However, if you read the article they did get the setup working at 60Hz, it just took 3 7970s and a bunch of extra work since is seems no one has tried this and it isn't supported by AMD's drivers.

If you're dumping 17k on something...why on earth wouldn't you just max out the GPUs also? Money is no object right? Be a man, bankrupt for it!!

Because he isn't rich and didn't dump $17k perhaps?

what a pos system. guy is just a wannabe douche.

how this has even made the news is beyond me. and 17K? spent on what

When did Dual-7970s become a POS system? Someone running a 3 generation old AMD x4 and a 7790 probably shouldn't be going around calling other people's systems a POS.

And you people seem to be missing that he is really the first person to document tri-4k, and you're really missing the fact that this is his blog. He did it because he borrowed the monitors and wanted to mess around with it.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I agree newtekie1, if anyone of us had borrowed these screens, we would probs have tried what he did, dunno if we'd have got a custom driver off AMD though.

 

[Octavean]

I agree newtekie1, if anyone of us had borrowed these screens, we would probs have tried what he did, dunno if we'd have got a custom driver off AMD though.

Indeed,....

I agree as well and I definitely would have tried this. Anyone trying this and reporting about it would likely have gotten the same hate from people misreading or not bothering to read the posting yet somehow finding the time to rag on it.

 

[buggalugs]

4K IS a very noticeable improvement over 1080p. Heck I can tell the difference between 720 and 1080p. If people cant notice it all I can say is you're blind.....

A 4K TV connected to a HTPC would be awesome, a 4K computer screen would be good too except no graphics card can run it properly yet, well not if you want decent frame rates.

 

[Nordic]

Unfortunately a single Displayport connector can only drive one of these monitors at 30Hz, but for many, including pretty much everyone that plays on consoles and myself, 30Hz is smooth enough as long as the framerate doesn't jump around.

However, if you read the article they did get the setup working at 60Hz, it just took 3 7970s and a bunch of extra work since is seems no one has tried this and it isn't supported by AMD's drivers.

It was actually crossfire, 2 7970's, that got him 60hz.

 

[szeus]

3840x2160=8294400
8294400x3 monitors=24883200
How??
24883200= 1.5 billion????????
....
4k x 4=8k
whay ???
4k x3 = 12k ?????????????

 

[Mindweaver]

$17,000 for a stock cooler, crap case with no airflow, crap PSU, 3x 7970 (in one pic there are only 2 of them) instead of having 4x Titans or gtx780, oh and wait, thats not even a X79 platform there. How the F*** did this cost $17,000? I guess the screens cost $16,000

And all that to play Dirt 3 that can be played even by intel integrated HD4600 but this time they use 3 GPUs to get playable fps on a very light game...

Call me again when Battlefield 4 can be played at 12k res.

Those screens are around $4,800 to $5,000 ea. So, around 2k for the system plus tax. If they used Titans + Intel then it would be closer to $20k+.

 

[1c3d0g]

And people still claim "one GPU is all you need..." There's NEVER enough performance to wring out of graphics cards for those of us who really need it.

 

[Octavean]

Those screens are around $4,800 to $5,000 ea. So, around 2k for the system plus tax. If they used Titans + Intel then it would be closer to $20k+.

I have heard that the Sharp PN-K321Q is basically the same as the Asus PQ321Q which can be had from Newegg now for $3,499.99:

ASUS PQ321Q Black 31.5" 8ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen ...

That's about ~$10,500 for three Asus PQ321Q units. MSRP might be more though.