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
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