AMD recently demonstrated its breaking ATI Eyefinity technology by connecting twenty four LCD monitors to a single computer reported Bright Side of News today.
Upcoming next generation AMD GPUs will enable the use of six monitors on a single processing unit. This means that in theory a computer with four PCI Express slots could power twenty four monitors, a feat the company recently proved could be easily achieved.
The demonstration featured twenty four 24” Dell displays running on an AMD Phenom II 955 Black Edition CPU, Dragon Platform with four graphics cards (the model was not specified) running X-Plane on a Linux operating system.
Linux support the Eyefinity is provided out of the box, although it was noted that Windows would not easily be able to achieve such a set up due to limitations in its DRM schemes.
In order to avoid screen overlapping AMD revealed that the driver was making a 120 pixel adjustment horizontally and vertically which rendered each display at 2040×1320 which allowed for perfect alignment. As a result the total resolution load of the set up was 12240×5280.
AMD fans will only be able to emulate this set up, albeit it in a more modest way, later in the year when the company releases its new range of DirectX 11 GPUs.
For gaming the Eyefinity technology will be able to operate up to six displays simultaneously and independently of each other.
In first person shooters this will give the player a better perception of the field of battle, while large maps in RTS setups will be able to be displayed without the need for scrolling.
Eyefinity holds particular benefit for flight simulators and racing titles because it will allow for more special awareness and that all important peripheral vision.
The package will include system support for Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Linux.
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