Questions to Eyefinity

[Mike87]

Hi all,

 

yesterday I accidentally activated the eyefinity over my Radeon tool, so I thought I give it a test in a game. So I started up BF1 and I must say... wow! What a great experience

It was hard to play because I only have 2 monitors (24") with each about 2-3cm thick frames, so there was a big gap in the middle of my huge window.

 

So to my questions:

-Eyefinity only makes sense if you have at least 3 Monitors right? Else you will always have a gap in the middle. Or are there specials monitors for eyefinity?

-How much system resources does this technology need? 2 Monitor = 2x GPU Power and 3 Monitor = 3x GPU Power?

-Is the sight in the game really much wider or does it only look like it?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

 

[r4tch3t]

Yea, makes most sense with 3, gpu power will scale according to the total pixel count approximately, so 3 1080p screens would need 3/4ths the power as 4k, dual should be fine.

Yes it is wider if the game supports it, if you use ultra wide curved screens you can get a massive field of view

[Mike87]

3 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

Yea, makes most sense with 3, gpu power will scale according to the total pixel count approximately, so 3 1080p screens would need 3/4ths the power as 4k, dual should be fine.

Yes it is wider if the game supports it, if you use ultra wide curved screens you can get a massive field of view

That makes sense... To be honest I did not check the resolution while playing BF1, I just clicked borderless full size and it gave me that resolution. I had 1080p before. I will check on that.

[r4tch3t]

If both screens are 1080, then you will have a total resolution of 3840 x 1080 with 3 it will be 5760 x 1080. Your 290 might run 3 screens with reduced detail levels.

[Mike87]

20 minutes ago, r4tch3t said:

If both screens are 1080, then you will have a total resolution of 3840 x 1080 with 3 it will be 5760 x 1080. Your 290 might run 3 screens with reduced detail levels.

thanks for the detailed information!

 

I am also thinking about buying a 144hz monitor. What will happen if I use the new monitor as the main (middle) monitor and the other 2 60hz monitor left and right, will the hz of the main drop down to 60hz to match the others? 

[WowMuchName]

5 hours ago, Mike87 said:

thanks for the detailed information!

 

I am also thinking about buying a 144hz monitor. What will happen if I use the new monitor as the main (middle) monitor and the other 2 60hz monitor left and right, will the hz of the main drop down to 60hz to match the others? 

 

my guess is you could run it at 144hz, but the others will look laggy and slow compared to the middle, if you can, get all 3 the same monitor, so the response time, colors, and everything is the same.

[Mike87]

18 minutes ago, WowMuchName said:

my guess is you could run it at 144hz, but the others will look laggy and slow compared to the middle, if you can, get all 3 the same monitor, so the response time, colors, and everything is the same.

Buying 3 is unfortunately not in budget

[WowMuchName]

35 minutes ago, Mike87 said:

Buying 3 is unfortunately not in budget

well, what are the ones you have now?