ATI Eyefinity多屏技术.docx

ATI Eyefinity多屏技术.docx

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ATIEyefinity多屏技术

ATIEyefinity- Awiderlook

TwoweekspriortothelaunchoftheRadeonseries5800graphicscardsATIdroppedabitofabombontheindustrybyintroducinganewfeatureontheirfuturegenerationgraphicscards,startingwiththeRadeonseries5800.

OfcoursewearegoingtalktoyouaboutEyefinitytoday.Eyefinityinshortishavingtheabilitytoconnectmultiplemonitorstoyourgraphicscardandcreateanextremenativeresolution.

ThecurrentavailableRadeonHD5870cardcomeonaveragewithfourdisplayoutputconnectorswhichyoucancombine,utilizeandliterallygroupallofthemtocreateonebigfunkyscreenresolution.Notonlyisthisfantasticnewsforprofessionanddesktopusersasyoucanexpandyourworkenvironment,butalsoforyouasagamer.Quiteanumberofgameswillsupportthistechnologyoutofthebox,andiftheyarenotsupportedyoucanrestassuredthatintheupcomingyearthat'sgoingtochangewiththenewertitles.

Whywouldyouwanttousemorethanonemonitor?

Welllookingatmyself,I'msittinginfrontoftwo24"monitorsrightnow.Moremonitorswillincreaseproductivity.ButalsoinamoreSoHoorpersonalenvironment,howniceisittohaveavideostreamdisplayingsaythenewsononescreenandyourspreadsheetintheother.Thatideayoucannowexpandtosaythree,fourorevenmoremonitors.

Guru3Dhoweveristargetedatyouguys,thegamersandifyouareanavidGuru3D.comreader,thenyou'llverylikelyhavereadourMatroxTripleHead2Goreviewsaswell.I'mafraidthatthisreleasefromATIisadeathblowforMatrox'sTripleHead2GoseriesaswhatATIisofferingismoreadvanced,hasalargeruserbaseandischeaperasitcomesnativeinthegraphicscard.Peoplenolongerhavetospend250to300 USDforthisfeaturewhilegainingmuchbettermonitorresolutions.Theoneremarkherethoughisthatthatgamesmustbe,orget,supportedwiththesomewhatunusualandmassivescreenresolutions.

Overthenextfewpages,we'llchatalittleaboutEyefinity,lookathardwareandsoftwaresetup.Obviouslywe'llshowyousomephoto's,buttomakeitreallyinterestingIpointedaHighDefinitioncameraatourtestsetupsothatwecanactuallyshowyouathingortwovisually..asthatreallyiswhatitisallabout.

Nextpagemyman...haveapeek.

ATIEyefinity

SoATIintroducedEyefinitytechnologyontheirRadeonHD5000seriesgraphicscards.Thisliterallyboilsdowntomultimonitordesktopandgamingnirvana.Youwillhavenoproblemconnectingsaythree30"monitorsat2560x1600permonitor.

Visualizeanexampleofthreescreenswhichyoucouldsetupat3x1920x1080=5760x1080pixels.

The5800seriesgraphicscardscantakethatresolutionandinfactcombinethescreenresolutionandyoucanplaygameswithit.

We'lleventakeitupanotch,ATI'sSeries5800graphicscardswillbeabletodriveup-tosixmonitorspergraphicscard.We'veseenandtestedthisliveinaction,anditworksverynice.Youcancombinemonitorsandgetyourgrooveonup-to7680x3200pixelsseparatedoverseveralmonitors-- multiplemonitorstobeusedasasingledisplay.Ithinkthelimitiseven8000x8000pixels,butdon'tholdmetothat..

Someexampleswhatyoucandowhere:

∙SingleMonitorsetupin2560x1600

∙DualMonitorssetupin2560x1600permonitor

∙Threemonitorssetupin2560x1600permonitor

∙Sixmonitorssetupin1920x1080permonitor

Youcanarrangethemonitorsnexttoeachother,aboveeachotherandreallyanycombinationyouseefitforit.

Andsurewealsounderstandthat99%ofyouguyswillneverusemorethantwomonitors.Thatother1%definitelymatchedtheGuru3daudienceandwilllikelyusethreemonitor.PersonallyIliketogameonthreescreensaswell.It'sreallyimmersive,andespeciallyonflight-simulators,racinggamesandstrategygames（largefield）youcanenhanceyourvisualexperience,andobviouslywithmoreinformationthrownatyou,youcangamemorepreciselyaswell.

Mindyouthatforsixmonitorsupportaspecialedition（Eyefinity6）cardwillbelaunchedwithsixdisplayports.YouraverageRadeonHD5870willhavethreeoffourmonitoroutputs.Infactthereference5870hastwoDVI,oneHDMIandonedisplayportconnectorallononecard.

Forthosethatarewondering,woulditbepossibletousesaytwoRadeonHD5870cardswitheachdrivingthreemonitors?

That'sano.CrossfireXwillnotsupport/allowthis,soyou'llneedoneprimarycardsfromwhichallmonitorslead.

AtATI'spresseventstheyhookeduptheRadeonHD5870tohalfadozenDisplayPortoutputsthatwererunningattheirfullresolution,mergingallsixintoasolitaryimagetohitaphenomenallivedisplay.Eyefinityismodularandthusallowsuserstorearrangethenumberofdiscreteimagescreatedinadditiontotheirshapeaccordingtoyourliking.Guru3Dusersandgamerswillnodoubtfindthissetuptotheirliking.Itwillbeinterestingtolearnjustwhatkindoflivingroomyouhaveifyouweretoemploysuchaconfiguration.Pleasepostyoursetupsinourforums.

Guru3DwillbecreatingatestsetupexistingoutofthreeDell24"monitorswithatotalresolutionof5760x1200.

EyefinitySetup

TobeabletocreateanEyefinityclusterofmonitorsallyouneedtodoishookthemuptoyourgraphicscard.

Firstlineupyourmonitors.Ibetcha99%ofyouwillgowiththreemonitorspositionshorizontally（Landscape）.Makesurethebezelofthemonitorsareveryclosetoeachother.

WemakeuseofthreeDell24"monitors.We'llconnecttwothroughDVIandonethroughDisplayport.InorderforEyefinitygamingtoworkyou'llneeddigitalconnections,assuchVGASUB-Disnotanoption.

Andyes..that'sanunusualamountofcablesalright.Heck,aslongasit'sworking,I'mhappy.

Onceyoubootintowindows,installthelatestCatalystdriversafterwhichyou'llneedtorestart..OnceyouareintheOS,startuptheCatalystcontrolsuite--ourI'mafraidisinDutchlanguage.

You'llnowspotaplethoraofmonitors.Makesureyousetthemupproperly,e.g.rightmonitoralignedtotheright,oneinthemiddleandonetotheleft.

Leftclickonthemonitorsinthemiddleandselect"ATIEyefinityGroupLayout"

Onceyoucreatedagroupyou'llneedtoarrangethem;thustheleftmonitortotheleft,therighttotherightandthemiddlemonitorinthemiddle.Toarrangethedisplaysinyourgroupthereisnoneedtophysicallymoveorrecableyourdisplays.AwizardisprovidedtoarrangethedisplaysurfacesincludedinyourDisplayGroup.

Thewizardwillblackoutallofthedisplaysinthegroup.TheCCCUIwillshowagridthatrepresentstheDisplayGrouplayoutyouhavecreated.CCCthenhighlightseachdisplayinturnbyswitchingitfromblacktoblue.ClickonthecorrespondingcellintheCCCUItotheonethatishighlighted.Afteryouhavefinishedtheprocedureyou'llhaveasomewhatbiggerresolutionalright.

Myeah..that'swidealright.

Afteryou'vesetthatup..youarealreadygoodtogomyman.ofcoursehere'salsowhereyoucanselectyoumonitorsinaPortraitgroupmode,oranycomboyouhaveinmindwithtwotosixmonitors.

SowenowhavecreatedaLandscapescreensetupat5760wideby1200pixelshigh.

Performanceandtestsetup

Beforewebeginsomeactualtestting,weobviouslyneedtoaddressperformance.TheRadonHD5870wasjustannounced（readourreviewalready?

）.Ifyoucreateamulti-monitorsetupyouneedtobeawareofthefactthatyou'llneedabeefygraphicscardaswell.

Let'ssayyouareconnectingthree24"monitorswithascreenresolutionof1920x1200andplacethemhorizontallynexttoeachother.Nowyouwillendupwitha5760x1200pixelsscreenresolution.Thatmyfriendsis6912000pixelsthusnearly7Mpixelsofresolutionthatneedtoberefreshedatleast30timespersecond.

Withmoderngametitlesthisimmediatelyalreadyposesathreattothe5870aswehaveincreasedtheloadonourgraphicscardthreetimesmorethanusual.Soyes,intheendyoumustconsiderandoptCrossfireXifyouplanaprojectlikethisforgamingwithmoderntitles.

Unfortunatelyatthetimeoflaunch,Eyefinitywillsupportonlysingle-GPUconfigurationsforgaming,butwe'reinformedCrossFireXsupportwillbecomingatsomepointinthefutureaswell. 

Intotalwerecordedsixvideo'sshowingoffEyefinitywiththreemonitorssetupin Landscapemode.

Sinceweareusingsuchahighresolution,wearenotCPUboundwhatsoeverandtodemonstratethisverypointI'vebeenevangelizingIwilluseamid-rangesystemmadeoutofthefollowingitems:

Hardware:

∙RadeonHD58701024MB

∙MSIAMD790FXmotherboard

∙PhenomII955BEProcessor

∙2x2GBDDR3memory1066MHz

∙Samsung500GBHDD

∙Dell2408WFP（x3）

Software:

∙WindowsVista64-bitSP2

∙DirectX9/10EndUserRuntime

∙ATICatalystRC6Cypressbeta

∙HAWX

∙CompanyofHeroes

∙Anno1404

∙DevilMayCry4

∙Crysis

∙CallofDuty4

Soyesreallydog...that'sallwe'llbeusing.AveryaffordablePC,rememberweareGPUboundatamassiveresolutionof5760x1200,notCPUorsystembound.Alright,let'sstartitup.

ToEyefinityandbeyond...

We'llbeshowingaseriesofvideo'snowdemonstratingEyefinity withthetestsetupasdescribedonthepreviouspage.

TomClancy'sHAWX

HAWXprobablyisthebesttitletobeginwith.Theamountofdetailisimmenseandtheexperienceimmersive.Wetestat5760x1200with2xAAenabled.HAWXisveryplayablewiththissetupandwell justhavealookasthatwhatthisarticleisallabout.Everythingisright,theaspectratio,theoverallexperience.Thiswasthebesttitleformepersonally.WetestatDX10with2xAA.Weaverageoutatroughly37framespersecond.

Mindyouthatif