Comments on: Eyefinity: nice demo, but I won’t play games on it

By: Dragoneye

Dragoneye — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:20:00 +0000

Here’s some youtube clips of the actual games on eyefinity. I did it for 8 games. Some looked better than others but yes, for FPS it’s amazing…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXBI2WyDXs

By: Falaygrumphterer

Falaygrumphterer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:35:06 +0000

A 3 monitor setup would be great for FPS games. Since, usually, you’re looking straight forward, the plastic intrusion wouldn’t be a huge problem, and the other two monitors can keep track of what’s going on at the sides. In fact, I think you’d want the monitors somewhat far from your main display.

By: David

David — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:55:33 +0000

I can think of one ideal use… It costs £50,000 for a cinema resolution projector, but only £5000 for 4×1080p HD projectors that make the same resolution… bargain!

By: David Wright

David Wright — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:04:52 +0000

There was an express card released for the MacBook Pro lastyear, which allowed it to run up to 4 24″ monitors, plus its internal display (or two external 30″ monitors).

As Steve says, it is more useful for business. At work I use a 15″ laptop with a 1680×1050 display and I have a 24″ monitor dual-heading at the side. Sometimes even that is limiting!

At my old employers, I was developing web sites and had dual 19″ TFTs, that was quite limiting I actually found it easier to work on my 24″ iMac at home.

A single hi-res monitor is much more useful than 2 lower resolution monitors, but two (or more) hi-res monitors are even better…

By: Beanboy

Beanboy — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:57:42 +0000

Gamers have been using triple screen for a while and they represent the ideal setup. The human eye can see more horizontaly than vertically so a wider screen fills the peripheral vision and increases the immersion into the game.

Look at the Matrox TripleHead2Go – this allows bezel management; and it’s amazing how quickly your eyes get used to them. For example, when was the last time you noticed those bits of metal that hold you car roof up?!

Look at triple screen gaming reviews on the web – pretty much EVERY reviewed says that he won’t go back to single screen gaming.

Cheer up ‘Nancy’ – AMD have come up with a great product that hardcore gamers will love!

By: Steve Cassidy

Steve Cassidy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:53:13 +0000

Were all the monitors the same device? I thought the big flight simulators took advantage of the human factor that visual resolution is highest at the centre of the field of view, and you can drop to big blocky pixels at the edges… So perhaps the tricks is to have cheaper low-res monitors to L & R, and then the hi-res one in the middle.

I have actually played with three monitor layouts – you can do it now, with a Matrox Parhelia – but it’s actually more useful for business than for gaming.